Gainsboro

#dcd8d7

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. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Gainsboro color values

Every conversion for #dcd8d7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd8d7

RGB220, 216, 215

HSL12, 7%, 85%

HSV12, 2%, 86%

CMYK0%, 2%, 2%, 14%

Lab86.62, 1.19, 0.96

XYZ66.34, 69.23, 74.16

Decimal14473431

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of gainsboro

#c9c3c1 #b6aeac #a39996 #918481 #7c706d #675c5a #514947 #3b3634 #262221 #100f0e

Tints of gainsboro

#dfdbda #e1dedd #e4e1e0 #e7e4e3 #e9e7e6 #eceae9 #efedec #f1f0ef #f4f3f2 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#d7dbdc Analogous#dcd7d9 Analogous#dcdbd7 Triadic#d7dcd8 Triadic#d8d7dc Split complementary#d7dcdb Split complementary#d7d9dc

Gainsboro in print

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

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd8d7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 2 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 6 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 #dcd8d7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd8d7; }
.text { color: #dcd8d7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd8d7; }

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 #dcd8d7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd8d7 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 #dcd8d7 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 #dcd8d7 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

The figures for #dcd8d7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.