Gainsboro

#dbdcd9

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for gainsboro, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Gainsboro carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Gainsboro color values

Every conversion for #dbdcd9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbdcd9

RGB219, 220, 217

HSL80, 4%, 86%

HSV80, 1%, 86%

CMYK0%, 0%, 1%, 14%

Lab87.61, -0.87, 1.34

XYZ67.33, 71.26, 75.85

Decimal14408921

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5455 C

Shades of gainsboro

#c7c9c4 #b3b5af #9fa29a #8b8e84 #777a70 #62655d #4d4f49 #393a36 #242522 #10100f

Tints of gainsboro

#dedfdc #e0e1df #e3e4e2 #e6e7e4 #e9e9e7 #ebecea #eeefed #f1f1f0 #f3f4f3 #f6f6f6

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#dad9dc Analogous#dcdcd9 Analogous#dadcd9 Triadic#d9dbdc Triadic#dcd9db Split complementary#d9d9dc Split complementary#dcd9dc

Gainsboro in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 1, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbdcd9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 1 14

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 5 20

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Gainsboro in css

Copy #dbdcd9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbdcd9; }
.text { color: #dbdcd9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbdcd9; }

How gainsboro looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Gainsboro and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dbdcd9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbdcd9 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gainsboro on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dbdcd9 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around gainsboro? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn gainsboro into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dbdcd9 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from gainsboro, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #dbdcd9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.