Close to Gainsboro

#DDDCDD

#DDDCDD is a very light neutral gray, close to the color Gainsboro. In RGB it’s made of 86.7% red, 86.3% green, and 86.7% blue. Its hue is 300°, with 1% saturation and 86% lightness, so it reads as a neutral color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Combinations from the color wheel, built around #DDDCDD.

Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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White text on this color

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Black text on this color

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This color as text on white

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This color as text on black

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #DDDCDD as they’d see it.

Typical vision#DDDCDD
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #DDDCDD

What color is #DDDCDD?

#DDDCDD is a very light neutral gray, close to the color Gainsboro. In RGB it’s made of 86.7% red, 86.3% green, and 86.7% blue. Its hue is 300°, with 1% saturation and 86% lightness, so it reads as a neutral color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #DDDCDD in RGB?

#DDDCDD is rgb(221, 220, 221): 221 red, 220 green, and 221 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #DDDCDD in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 0, 0, 13). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #DDDCDD?

PANTONE 7541 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #DDDCDD?

Its complement #DCDDDC gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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