Gainsboro#DCDCDC

#DCDCDC is a very light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Gainsboro — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#DCDCDC
RGB	rgb(220, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.76, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.76, 0.00, 180.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(68.0245, 71.5694, 77.9269)
Luminance	0.7157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCDCDC #DCDCDC

analogous

#DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC

triadic

#DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC

tetradic

#DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC

square

#DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC

split-complementary

#DCDCDC #DCDCDC #DCDCDC

monochromatic

#9F9F9F #BDBDBD #DCDCDC #F0F0F0 #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DCDCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#DCDCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCDCDC

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCDCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCDCDC	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCDCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCDCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcdcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e6e6',
    500: '#dcdcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcdcdc;
$custom-light: #e6e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcdcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89449,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.71569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCDCDC

secondary

#AEAEAE

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161616

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCDCDC

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

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