Recognised as Colour

#DCDCDA

#DCDCDA
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCDCDA is a near-white with RGB values 220, 220, 218 and HSL 60°, 3%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCDCDA#DCDCDA

HEX#DCDCDA

RGBrgb(220, 220, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8627, 0.8549

RGB percentages86.3%, 86.3%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(60, 2.8%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 0.9%, 86.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,458

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDCDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71464WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#232325

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCDCDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCDCDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#DCDCDBno 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 text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1 Light grey · ΔE 3.3 White smoke · ΔE 8.9 Linen · ΔE 9.3 Silver · ΔE 10.1 Sea shell · ΔE 10.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.04, 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#DADADC

Analogous#DCDBDA, #DBDCDA

Triadic#DADCDC, #DCDADC

Split complementary#DADBDC, #DBDADC

Tetradic#DADCDB, #DADADC, #DCDADB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5F5F4

Darker −10%#C3C3C0

Darker −20%#AAAAA6

Darker −30%#92928B

Darker −40%#787872

More saturated +25%#E5E5D1

Less saturated −25%#DBDBDB

Channel breakdown

R220

G220

B218

Red220 (86.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)2.78%

Lightness85.88%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR DC · G DC · B DA

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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