Colour

#DBDDDD

#DBDDDD
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DBDDDD is a near-white with RGB values 219, 221, 221 and HSL 180°, 3%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DBDDDD#DBDDDD

HEX#DBDDDD

RGBrgb(219, 221, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8667, 0.8667

RGB percentages85.9%, 86.7%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(180, 2.9%, 86.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 0.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK0.9%, 0%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,409,181

CSS custom property--colour: #DBDDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.4:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#242222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDDDDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCDCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DADDDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 0.7 Light grey · ΔE 3.5 White smoke · ΔE 8.6 Linen · ΔE 9.9 Alice blue · ΔE 10.1 Silver · ΔE 10.3

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 0.74, indistinguishable to the eye

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DDDBDB

Analogous#DBDDDC, #DBDCDD

Triadic#DDDBDD, #DDDDDB

Split complementary#DDDBDC, #DDDCDB

Tetradic#DCDBDD, #DDDBDB, #DCDDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5F6F6

Darker −10%#C1C4C4

Darker −20%#A7ABAB

Darker −30%#8C9393

Darker −40%#737979

More saturated +25%#D2E6E6

Less saturated −25%#DCDCDC

Channel breakdown

R219

G221

B221

Red219 (85.9%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)2.86%

Lightness86.27%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR DB · G DD · B DD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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