Ghost white

#dbdee6

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

This is Ghost white, a muted blue at 224 degrees. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Ghost white color values

Every conversion for #dbdee6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbdee6

RGB219, 222, 230

HSL224, 18%, 88%

HSV224, 5%, 90%

CMYK5%, 3%, 0%, 10%

Lab88.46, 0.47, -4.27

XYZ69.62, 73.02, 85.29

Decimal14409446

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone656 C

Shades of ghost white

#c2c7d5 #aab1c4 #919ab3 #7883a1 #626e8e #515b75 #40485c #2f3443 #1e212b #0d0e12

Tints of ghost white

#e3e5eb #eaecf1 #f2f3f6

Colors that go with ghost white

Complementary#e6e3db Analogous#dbe4e6 Analogous#dddbe6 Triadic#e6dbde Triadic#dee6db Split complementary#e6dddb Split complementary#e4e6db

Ghost white in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 5, 3, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbdee6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 3 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 7 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Ghost white in css

Copy #dbdee6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbdee6; }
.text { color: #dbdee6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbdee6; }

How ghost white looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Ghost white and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dbdee6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbdee6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Ghost white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dbdee6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around ghost white? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn ghost white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dbdee6 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 ghost white, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #dbdee6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.