Gainsboro

#dee1e2

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

This is Gainsboro, a pale neutral that behaves like a grey. Pale neutrals like this make dependable backgrounds and paper stocks. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Gainsboro color values

Every conversion for #dee1e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dee1e2

RGB222, 225, 226

HSL195, 6%, 88%

HSV195, 2%, 89%

CMYK2%, 0%, 0%, 11%

Lab89.33, -0.82, -0.85

XYZ70.78, 74.87, 82.67

Decimal14606818

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone656 C

Shades of gainsboro

#c8cdce #b2b9bb #9ba4a7 #859094 #707c7f #5c6669 #495053 #353b3d #222527 #0e1010

Tints of gainsboro

#e0e3e4 #e3e5e6 #e5e7e8 #e7eaea #eaecec #eceeee #eef0f0 #f1f2f3 #f3f4f5 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#e2dfde Analogous#dee2e1 Analogous#dedfe2 Triadic#e2dee1 Triadic#e1e2de Split complementary#e2dedf Split complementary#e2e1de

Gainsboro in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dee1e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 4 17

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 #dee1e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dee1e2; }
.text { color: #dee1e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dee1e2; }

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 #dee1e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dee1e2 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 #dee1e2 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 #dee1e2 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

Every value on this page for #dee1e2 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.