Gainsboro

#dfdee1

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

Gainsboro is a near neutral, pale with barely any hue. Pale neutrals like this make dependable backgrounds and paper stocks. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Gainsboro color values

Every conversion for #dfdee1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfdee1

RGB223, 222, 225

HSL260, 5%, 88%

HSV260, 1%, 88%

CMYK1%, 1%, 0%, 12%

Lab88.62, 0.88, -1.36

XYZ70.14, 73.37, 81.7

Decimal14671585

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone649 C

Shades of gainsboro

#cac8cd #b5b2b9 #a09da6 #8a8792 #76727d #615e67 #4d4a51 #38363c #242226 #0f0f10

Tints of gainsboro

#e6e5e7 #edecee #f4f3f4

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#e0e1de Analogous#dedfe1 Analogous#e1dee1 Triadic#e1dfde Triadic#dee1df Split complementary#e1e1de Split complementary#dfe1de

Gainsboro in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 1, 1, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfdee1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 1 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 5 4 18

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 #dfdee1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfdee1; }
.text { color: #dfdee1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfdee1; }

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 #dfdee1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfdee1 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 #dfdee1 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 #dfdee1 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 #dfdee1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.