Gainsboro

#dad9da

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 #dad9da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dad9da

RGB218, 217, 218

HSL300, 1%, 85%

HSV300, 0%, 85%

CMYK0%, 0%, 0%, 15%

Lab86.8, 0.52, -0.38

XYZ66.38, 69.59, 76.26

Decimal14342618

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone649 C

Shades of gainsboro

#c6c5c6 #b2b0b2 #9e9c9e #8a878a #767376 #615f61 #4d4b4d #383738 #242324 #100f10

Tints of gainsboro

#e2e2e2 #ebeaeb #f3f3f3

Gainsboro in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dad9da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 4 21

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 #dad9da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dad9da; }
.text { color: #dad9da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dad9da; }

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 #dad9da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dad9da 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 #dad9da 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 #dad9da 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 #dad9da are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.