Colour

#DCDFDD

#DCDFDD
Near-white
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCDFDD is a near-white with RGB values 220, 223, 221 and HSL 140°, 4%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCDFDD#DCDFDD

HEX#DCDFDD

RGBrgb(220, 223, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8745, 0.8667

RGB percentages86.3%, 87.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(140, 4.5%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(140, 1.3%, 87.5%)

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

24-bit integer14,475,229

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.64:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#232022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFDEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEDEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DCDFDEno 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 text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 1.7 Light grey · ΔE 4.3 White smoke · ΔE 8.1 Linen · ΔE 9.2 Alice blue · ΔE 9.9 Sea shell · ΔE 10.1

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 1.7, 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#DFDCDE

Analogous#DDDFDC, #DCDFDF

Triadic#DDDCDF, #DFDDDC

Split complementary#DFDCDF, #DFDCDD

Tetradic#DCDDDF, #DFDCDE, #DFDFDC

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%#C1C7C3

Darker −20%#A7AEA9

Darker −30%#8C968F

Darker −40%#727D76

More saturated +25%#D4E7DA

Less saturated −25%#DEDEDE

Channel breakdown

R220

G223

B221

Red220 (86.3%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue140°

Saturation (HSL)4.48%

Lightness86.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DC · G DF · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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