Gainsboro

#e6e3e6

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

Gainsboro is a near neutral, pale with barely any hue. 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 #e6e3e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6e3e6

RGB230, 227, 230

HSL300, 6%, 90%

HSV300, 1%, 90%

CMYK0%, 1%, 0%, 10%

Lab90.54, 1.55, -1.11

XYZ74.39, 77.47, 85.9

Decimal15131622

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone649 C

Shades of gainsboro

#d2ccd2 #beb6be #aa9faa #968996 #817381 #6a5f6a #544b54 #3d373d #272327 #100e10

Tints of gainsboro

#e8e5e8 #e9e7e9 #ebe9eb #edeaed #eeecee #f0eef0 #f2f0f2 #f3f2f3 #f5f4f5 #f7f6f7

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#e3e6e3 Analogous#e4e3e6 Analogous#e6e3e4 Triadic#e6e6e3 Triadic#e3e6e6 Split complementary#e4e6e3 Split complementary#e3e6e4

Gainsboro in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6e3e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 4 16

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 #e6e3e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6e3e6; }
.text { color: #e6e3e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6e3e6; }

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 #e6e3e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6e3e6 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 #e6e3e6 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 #e6e3e6 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 #e6e3e6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.