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#DBDDE4

#dbdde4 ≈ Gainsboro

  • gray
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Neutral
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#dbdde4 is a color from the gray family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 86.67% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.95% cyan, 3.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 226.67°, with 14.29% saturation and 87.65% 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 15.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Gainsboro (#dcdcdc), ΔE 3.48.

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Web safe#cccccc
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Relative luminance0.7237

Complementary

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #e4e2db

Split complementary

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #e4dedb
  3. #e2e4db

Analogous

  1. #dbe2e4
  2. #dbdde4
  3. #dedbe4

Triadic

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #e4dbdd
  3. #dde4db

Tetradic

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #e2dbe4
  3. #e4e2db
  4. #dde4db

Square

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #e4dbe2
  3. #e4e2db
  4. #dbe4de

Monochromatic

  1. #848aa2
  2. #afb4c3
  3. #dbdde4
  4. #f3f4f6
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#dbdde4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #c5c7cd
  3. #afb1b6
  4. #999ba0
  5. #838589
  6. #6e6f72
  7. #58585b
  8. #424244
  9. #2c2c2e
  10. #161617
  11. #000000

Tints

#dbdde4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #dfe0e7
  3. #e2e4e9
  4. #e6e7ec
  5. #e9ebef
  6. #edeef2
  7. #f1f1f4
  8. #f4f5f7
  9. #f8f8fa
  10. #fbfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dbdde4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dbdde4
  2. #d2d4da
  3. #c9cad0
  4. #c0c1c6
  5. #b7b8bc
  6. #aeafb2
  7. #a4a5a8
  8. #9b9c9e
  9. #929394
  10. #89898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dddddd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dcdde0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbdde4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbdde4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d9dedf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #dbdde4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #dbdde4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #dadee1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dbdde4 {
  color: #dbdde4;
}
Background
.bg-dbdde4 {
  background-color: #dbdde4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dbdde4 {
  border: 2px solid #dbdde4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dbdde4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 221 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 14% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dbdde4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dbdde4, #dedbe4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dbdde4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 221 228 / 0.35);
}

#dcdcdc Gainsboro ΔE 3.48 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 4.18 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 4.18 #e5e4e2 Platinum ΔE 4.81 #f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 5.94 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 6.19 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 6.21 #24221b Inverted #dddddd Grayscale 

Gainsboro
#dbdde4  rgb(219, 221, 228)  hsl(227, 14%, 88%)  Gainsboro
#e4e2db  rgb(228, 226, 219)  hsl(47, 14%, 88%)  Platinum
#e4dbdd  rgb(228, 219, 221)  hsl(347, 14%, 88%)  Gainsboro
#dde4db  rgb(221, 228, 219)  hsl(107, 14%, 88%)  Platinum