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Recognised as Colour

#DCDADC

  • #DCDADC
  • Near-white
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCDADC is a near-white with RGB values 220, 218, 220 and HSL 300°, 3%, 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

#DCDADC#DCDADC
HEX#DCDADC
RGBrgb(220, 218, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8549, 0.8627
RGB percentages86.3%, 85.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(300, 2.8%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 0.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,948
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDADC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#232523

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADBDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DCDADBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 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 text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.4Light grey · ΔE 3White smoke · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 9.6Lavender blush · ΔE 10.1Lavender · ΔE 10.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.37, 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#DADCDA
Analogous#DBDADC, #DCDADB
Triadic#DCDCDA, #DADCDC
Split complementary#DBDCDA, #DADCDB
Tetradic#DCDBDA, #DADCDA, #DADBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F4F5
Darker −10%#C3C0C3
Darker −20%#AAA6AA
Darker −30%#928B92
Darker −40%#787278
More saturated +25%#E5D1E5
Less saturated −25%#DBDBDB

Channel breakdown

R220
G218
B220
Red220 (86.3%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue300°
Saturation (HSL)2.78%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelRed and Blue
Hex per channelR DC · G DA · B DC

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