Gainsboro

#dad7db

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 #dad7db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dad7db

RGB218, 215, 219

HSL285, 5%, 85%

HSV285, 2%, 86%

CMYK0%, 2%, 0%, 14%

Lab86.32, 1.75, -1.61

XYZ66.0, 68.62, 76.78

Decimal14342107

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone538 C

Shades of gainsboro

#c6c2c8 #b3adb5 #9f97a2 #8b828f #776e7a #635b65 #4e4850 #39353b #242225 #100e10

Tints of gainsboro

#e2e0e3 #ebe9ec #f3f3f4

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#d8dbd7 Analogous#d8d7db Analogous#dbd7da Triadic#dbdad7 Triadic#d7dbda Split complementary#dadbd7 Split complementary#d7dbd8

Gainsboro in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dad7db 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gainsboro in css

Copy #dad7db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dad7db; }
.text { color: #dad7db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dad7db; }

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 #dad7db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dad7db against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gainsboro on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dad7db 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn gainsboro into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dad7db 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 #dad7db are worked out. 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.