Colour

#DCDDDF

#DCDDDF
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCDDDF is a near-white with RGB values 220, 221, 223 and HSL 220°, 4%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCDDDF#DCDDDF

HEX#DCDDDF

RGBrgb(220, 221, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8667, 0.8745

RGB percentages86.3%, 86.7%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(220, 4.5%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 1.3%, 87.5%)

CMYK1.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,719

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDDDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1

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

Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#232220

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

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

Tritanopia#DBDDDEno 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 text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.1 Light grey · ΔE 3.7 White smoke · ΔE 8.5 Alice blue · ΔE 9.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 9.9 Ghost white · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.15, 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#DFDEDC

Analogous#DCDFDF, #DDDCDF

Triadic#DFDCDD, #DDDFDC

Split complementary#DFDDDC, #DFDFDC

Tetradic#DFDCDF, #DFDEDC, #DCDFDD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F7F7

Darker −10%#C1C3C7

Darker −20%#A7A9AE

Darker −30%#8C8F96

Darker −40%#72767D

More saturated +25%#D4DAE7

Less saturated −25%#DEDEDE

Channel breakdown

R220

G221

B223

Red220 (86.3%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)4.48%

Lightness86.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G DD · B DF

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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