Gainsboro

#ddd8dc

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 #ddd8dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ddd8dc

RGB221, 216, 220

HSL312, 7%, 86%

HSV312, 2%, 87%

CMYK0%, 2%, 0%, 13%

Lab86.83, 2.42, -1.37

XYZ67.29, 69.65, 77.61

Decimal14538972

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone538 C

Shades of gainsboro

#cac2c9 #b7adb5 #a497a2 #91818e #7d6d7a #675a65 #51474f #3c343a #262125 #100e10

Tints of gainsboro

#e2dee1 #eae7e9 #f2f0f1

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#d8ddd9 Analogous#dcd8dd Analogous#ddd8da Triadic#dcddd8 Triadic#d8dcdd Split complementary#daddd8 Split complementary#d8dddc

Gainsboro in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ddd8dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 4 19

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 #ddd8dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ddd8dc; }
.text { color: #ddd8dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ddd8dc; }

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 #ddd8dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ddd8dc 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 #ddd8dc 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 #ddd8dc 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 #ddd8dc 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.