Gainsboro color
Inspect Gainsboro (#DCDCDC) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
Gainsboro color values
Gainsboro
#DCDCDC
Black text reads best on this background, at 15.31:1.
Gainsboro is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #DCDCDC in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(220, 220, 220) and hsl(0, 0%, 86%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 89% and its chroma at 0. It carries almost no chroma, so it behaves as a neutral rather than as a hue, and belongs with the grays.
White text only reaches 1.37:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 15.31:1. Because it is this light, Gainsboro works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to Gainsboro, measured with CIEDE2000, are LightGray (#D3D3D3), LightGrey (#D3D3D3), WhiteSmoke (#F5F5F5). If Gainsboro is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#DCDCDC
RGB
rgb(220, 220, 220)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 86%)
HWB
hwb(0 86% 14%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 14%)
LAB
lab(87.76 0 0)
LCH
lch(87.76 0 0)
OKLCH
oklch(89.45% 0 0)
Is Gainsboro accessible?
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #DCDCDC white text measures 1.37:1 and black text 15.31:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on Gainsboro
WCAG 2.2
1.37:1
APCA
Lc 20
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on Gainsboro
WCAG 2.2
15.31:1
APCA
Lc 85
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check Gainsboro against any other color in the contrast checker.
Tints and shades of Gainsboro
Gainsboro sits at 89% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #F8F8F8 and down to #060606, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
Tints, toward white
#E2E2E2
20% lighter
#E7E7E7
40% lighter
#EDEDED
60% lighter
#F3F3F3
80% lighter
#F8F8F8
100% lighter
Shades, toward black
#AAAAAA
20% darker
#7C7C7C
40% darker
#505050
60% darker
#282828
80% darker
#060606
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #DCDCDC in the shade generator.
How Gainsboro looks with color blindness
Gainsboro barely moves under any of the four common forms of color blindness, the largest shift being 0 CIEDE2000 units under protanopia. It stays recognizable, though it still should not be the only thing carrying meaning.
Protanopia
#DCDCDC
Deuteranopia
#DCDCDC
Tritanopia
#DCDCDC
Achromatopsia
#DCDCDC
Colors similar to Gainsboro
The nearest CSS keywords to #DCDCDC, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.