HEX Color #E2DBD3 (Gainsboro)

About #E2DBD3

When working with digital screens, the color #E2DBD3 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Gainsboro. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 226, 219, and 211.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 7% yellow, and 11% black. The HSL representation is 32.0° hue, 20.5% saturation, and 85.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a very light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E2DBD3

RGB226, 219, 211

HSL32.0°, 20.5%, 85.7%

CMYK0%, 3%, 7%, 11%

HSV32.0°, 6.6%, 88.6%

LAB87.7, 1.0, 4.8

XYZ68.5, 71.5, 71.8

Decimal14867411

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#E2DBD3 #D3DAE2

Analogous

#E2D3D3 #E1E2D3

Triadic

#D3E2DB #DBD3E2

Tetradic

#D3E2D3 #D3DAE2 #E2D3E1

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#E2DBD3

#E5DFD7

#E8E3DC

#EBE7E1

#EEEBE6

#F2EFEB

#F5F3F0

#F8F7F5

#FBFBFA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#E2DBD3

#C8C2BB

#AFAAA4

#96928C

#7D7975

#64615D

#4B4946

#32302E

#191817

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.37:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

15.31:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.31:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

13.01:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E2DBD3; }

.text-color { color: #E2DBD3; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #E2DBD3; }

Similar Colors

Gainsboro

#DCDCDC