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#CCCAD3

#cccad3 ≈ Light Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#cccad3 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 80% red, 79.22% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.32% cyan, 4.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 253.33°, with 9.28% saturation and 80.98% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and backgrounds and large surfaces. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Gray (#d3d3d3), ΔE 5.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.5978

Complementary

  1. #cccad3
  2. #d1d3ca

Split complementary

  1. #cccad3
  2. #d3d0ca
  3. #ccd3ca

Analogous

  1. #caccd3
  2. #cccad3
  3. #d0cad3

Triadic

  1. #cccad3
  2. #d3ccca
  3. #cad3cc

Tetradic

  1. #cccad3
  2. #d3cad1
  3. #d1d3ca
  4. #cad3cc

Square

  1. #cccad3
  2. #d3cacc
  3. #d1d3ca
  4. #cad3d0

Monochromatic

  1. #7c768e
  2. #a4a0b0
  3. #cccad3
  4. #f4f4f6
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#cccad3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #cccad3
  2. #b8b6be
  3. #a3a2a9
  4. #8f8d94
  5. #7a797f
  6. #66656a
  7. #525154
  8. #3d3d3f
  9. #29282a
  10. #141415
  11. #000000

Tints

#cccad3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #cccad3
  2. #d1cfd7
  3. #d6d5dc
  4. #dbdae0
  5. #e0dfe5
  6. #e6e5e9
  7. #ebeaed
  8. #f0eff2
  9. #f5f4f6
  10. #fafafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#cccad3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #cccad3
  2. #c4c3cb
  3. #bdbbc2
  4. #b5b4ba
  5. #aeacb2
  6. #a6a5aa
  7. #9e9ea1
  8. #979699
  9. #8f8f91
  10. #888788
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbcbce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8cbd3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9cbd3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cbcbcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cacbd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cacbd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cbcbcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-cccad3 {
  color: #cccad3;
}
Background
.bg-cccad3 {
  background-color: #cccad3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-cccad3 {
  border: 2px solid #cccad3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #cccad3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 204 202 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 9% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-cccad3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cccad3, #d0cad3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-cccad3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(204 202 211 / 0.35);
}

#d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 5.25 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 5.25 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 5.63 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 6.20 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 6.31 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 7.71 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 7.82 #33352c Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Gray
#cccad3  rgb(204, 202, 211)  hsl(253, 9%, 81%)  Light Gray
#d1d3ca  rgb(209, 211, 202)  hsl(73, 9%, 81%)  Timberwolf
#d3ccca  rgb(211, 204, 202)  hsl(13, 9%, 81%)  Timberwolf
#cad3cc  rgb(202, 211, 204)  hsl(133, 9%, 81%)  Ash Gray