#DCD8D8#DCD8D8

#DCD8D8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.004 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD8D8
RGB	rgb(220, 216, 216)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, 1.36, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 1.44, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% 0.0042 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.004 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4638, 69.2855, 74.8244)
Luminance	0.6928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD8D8 #D8DCDC

analogous

#DCD8DA #DCD8D8 #DCDAD8

triadic

#DCD8D8 #D8DCD8 #D8D8DC

tetradic

#DCD8D8 #DADCD8 #D8DCDC #DAD8DC

square

#DCD8D8 #DADCD8 #D8DCDC #DAD8DC

split-complementary

#DCD8D8 #D8DCDA #D8DADC

monochromatic

#A29797 #BFB8B8 #DCD8D8 #F1EFEF #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DCD8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#DCD8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD8D8

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD8D8	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9D9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDD8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 216, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.004 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4e4',
    500: '#dcd8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd8d8;
$custom-light: #e6e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88539,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD8D8

secondary

#A9AFAF

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD8D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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