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#D9D5DB

#d9d5db ≈ Light Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#d9d5db is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.1% red, 83.53% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.91% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 280°, with 7.69% saturation and 84.71% 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 14.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Gray (#d3d3d3), ΔE 4.1.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.6745

Complementary

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #d7dbd5

Split complementary

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #dadbd5
  3. #d5dbd6

Analogous

  1. #d6d5db
  2. #d9d5db
  3. #dbd5da

Triadic

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #dbd9d5
  3. #d5dbd9

Tetradic

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #dbd5d7
  3. #d7dbd5
  4. #d5dbd9

Square

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #dbd6d5
  3. #d7dbd5
  4. #d5dadb

Monochromatic

  1. #8e8394
  2. #b4acb8
  3. #d9d5db
  4. #f5f4f6
  5. #f5f4f6

Shades

#d9d5db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #c3c0c5
  3. #aeaaaf
  4. #989599
  5. #828083
  6. #6d6b6e
  7. #575558
  8. #414042
  9. #2b2b2c
  10. #161516
  11. #000000

Tints

#d9d5db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #ddd9df
  3. #e1dde2
  4. #e4e2e6
  5. #e8e6e9
  6. #eceaed
  7. #f0eef1
  8. #f4f2f4
  9. #f7f7f8
  10. #fbfbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#d9d5db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #d9d5db
  2. #d0cdd2
  3. #c7c4c9
  4. #bebcc0
  5. #b5b3b7
  6. #adabae
  7. #a4a2a4
  8. #9b9a9b
  9. #929192
  10. #898989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d7d6d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d6db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d5d6db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9d6d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d6d6db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7d6db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d9d5d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-d9d5db {
  color: #d9d5db;
}
Background
.bg-d9d5db {
  background-color: #d9d5db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-d9d5db {
  border: 2px solid #d9d5db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #d9d5db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 217 213 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 280 8% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-d9d5db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d9d5db, #dbd5da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-d9d5db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(217 213 219 / 0.35);
}

#d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.10 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.10 #dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 4.23 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 5.72 #dbd7d2 Timberwolf ΔE 5.83 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.78 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 6.95 #262a24 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Light Gray
#d9d5db  rgb(217, 213, 219)  hsl(280, 8%, 85%)  Light Gray
#d7dbd5  rgb(215, 219, 213)  hsl(100, 8%, 85%)  Gainsboro
#dbd9d5  rgb(219, 217, 213)  hsl(40, 8%, 85%)  Timberwolf
#d5dbd9  rgb(213, 219, 217)  hsl(160, 8%, 85%)  Gainsboro