Gainsboro

#dbd7db

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

Gainsboro is a near neutral, light with barely any hue. 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 #dbd7db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbd7db

RGB219, 215, 219

HSL300, 5%, 85%

HSV300, 2%, 86%

CMYK0%, 2%, 0%, 14%

Lab86.39, 2.09, -1.49

XYZ66.3, 68.78, 76.8

Decimal14407643

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone538 C

Shades of gainsboro

#c8c2c8 #b5adb5 #a297a2 #8f828f #7a6e7a #655b65 #504850 #3b353b #252225 #100e10

Tints of gainsboro

#dedade #e1dde1 #e3e0e3 #e6e3e6 #e9e6e9 #ece9ec #eeecee #f1eff1 #f4f3f4 #f7f6f7

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#d7dbd7 Analogous#d9d7db Analogous#dbd7d9 Triadic#dbdbd7 Triadic#d7dbdb Split complementary#d9dbd7 Split complementary#d7dbd9

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, 2, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbd7db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 4 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 #dbd7db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbd7db; }
.text { color: #dbd7db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbd7db; }

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 #dbd7db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbd7db 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 #dbd7db 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 #dbd7db 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

Here is how the numbers for #dbd7db are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.