#DCD9D8#DCD9D8

#DCD9D8 is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.004 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCD9D8
RGB	rgb(220, 217, 216)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(15, 2%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, 0.84, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 1.20, 45.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% 0.0028 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.004 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7208, 69.7994, 74.9101)
Luminance	0.6980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCD9D8 #D8DBDC

analogous

#DCD8D9 #DCD9D8 #DCDBD8

triadic

#DCD9D8 #D8DCD9 #D9D8DC

tetradic

#DCD9D8 #D9DCD8 #D8DBDC #DBD8DC

square

#DCD9D8 #D9DCD8 #D8DBDC #DBD8DC

split-complementary

#DCD9D8 #D8DCDB #D8D9DC

monochromatic

#A29A97 #BFBAB8 #DCD9D8 #F1EFEF #F1EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DCD9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#DCD9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCD9D8

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCD9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCD9D8	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DADAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDD9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcd9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 217, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.004 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4e4',
    500: '#dcd9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcd9d8;
$custom-light: #e6e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcd9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88738,
    "c": 0.00357,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCD9D8

secondary

#A9AEAF

accent

#818F56

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCD9D8

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

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