#d8d8e1

Color #d8d8e1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.86 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-300 #d4d4d8 · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#d8d8e1

RGB

rgb(216, 216, 225)

HSL

hsl(240, 13%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 4%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(86.58, 1.66, -4.41)

LCH

lch(86.58, 4.71, 290.63)

OKLCH

oklch(88.5%, 0.0123, 286.07)

HWB

hwb(240, 84.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1e1d8

Analogous

#d8dde1

#d8d8e1

#ddd8e1

Triadic

#d8d8e1

#e1d8d8

#d8e1d8

Split-complementary

#d8d8e1

#e1ddd8

#dde1d8

Tetradic

#d8d8e1

#e1d8e1

#e1e1d8

#d8e1d8

Square

#d8d8e1

#e1d8dd

#e1e1d8

#d8e1dd

Shades

Color #d8d8e1 mixed toward black.

#afafc1

#8585a1

#60607d

#404053

#20202a

Tints

Color #d8d8e1 mixed toward white.

#dfdfe6

#e5e5eb

#ececf0

#f2f2f5

#f9f9fa

Tones

Color #d8d8e1 mixed toward gray.

#d9d9e0

#dadae0

#dadadf

#dbdbde

#dcdcdd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d8df · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#d8d8de · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#d8dddd · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 4.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #d8d8e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d8d8e1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#d8d8e1 (#d8d8e1) is rgb(216, 216, 225) in RGB.

No, #d8d8e1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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