Gainsboro

#e4e4e1

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

Gainsboro color values

Every conversion for #e4e4e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e4e1

RGB228, 228, 225

HSL60, 5%, 89%

HSV60, 1%, 89%

CMYK0%, 0%, 1%, 11%

Lab90.51, -0.53, 1.45

XYZ73.33, 77.42, 82.31

Decimal15000801

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5455 C

Shades of gainsboro

#d0d0cb #bcbcb5 #a8a89e #949488 #7f7f73 #69695f #53534b #3d3d37 #262623 #10100e

Tints of gainsboro

#e6e6e3 #e8e8e5 #eaeae7 #ebebe9 #ededeb #efefed #f1f1ef #f3f3f1 #f5f5f4 #f7f7f6

Colors that go with gainsboro

Complementary#e1e1e4 Analogous#e4e3e1 Analogous#e3e4e1 Triadic#e1e4e4 Triadic#e4e1e4 Split complementary#e1e3e4 Split complementary#e3e1e4

Gainsboro in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 1, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e4e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 1 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 5 17

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 #e4e4e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e4e1; }
.text { color: #e4e4e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e4e1; }

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 #e4e4e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e4e1 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 #e4e4e1 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 #e4e4e1 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 #e4e4e1 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.