Colour

#DCDAD9

#DCDAD9
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCDAD9 is a near-white with RGB values 220, 218, 217 and HSL 20°, 4%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCDAD9#DCDAD9

HEX#DCDAD9

RGBrgb(220, 218, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8549, 0.851

RGB percentages86.3%, 85.5%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(20, 4.1%, 85.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20, 1.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 1.4%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,473,945

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDAD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.07:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#232526

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBDAD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBDBD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#DDDADAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.1 Light grey · ΔE 2.8 White smoke · ΔE 9.4 Silver · ΔE 9.5 Linen · ΔE 9.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 10.5

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.06, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9DBDC

Analogous#DCD9DA, #DCDCD9

Triadic#D9DCDA, #DAD9DC

Split complementary#D9DCDC, #D9DADC

Tetradic#DADCD9, #D9DBDC, #DCD9DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4F4F4

Darker −10%#C4C0BE

Darker −20%#ABA6A4

Darker −30%#938C89

Darker −40%#797370

More saturated +25%#E5D7D0

Less saturated −25%#DBDBDB

Channel breakdown

R220

G218

B217

Red220 (86.3%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue20°

Saturation (HSL)4.11%

Lightness85.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DC · G DA · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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