#dddce5

Color #dddce5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-300 #d4d4d8 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#dddce5

RGB

rgb(221, 220, 229)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 14.8%, 88%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 3.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(88.07, 1.98, -4.28)

LCH

lch(88.07, 4.72, 294.83)

OKLCH

oklch(89.8%, 0.0122, 291.1)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 86.3%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e5dc

Analogous

#dcdfe5

#dddce5

#e1dce5

Triadic

#dddce5

#e5dddc

#dce5dd

Split-complementary

#dddce5

#e5e1dc

#dfe5dc

Tetradic

#dddce5

#e5dce4

#e4e5dc

#dce5dd

Square

#dddce5

#e5dcdf

#e4e5dc

#dce5e1

Shades

Color #dddce5 mixed toward black.

#b3b1c5

#8986a5

#636081

#424056

#21202b

Tints

Color #dddce5 mixed toward white.

#e3e2e9

#e8e8ee

#eeedf2

#f4f3f6

#f9f9fb

Tones

Color #dddce5 mixed toward gray.

#dddde4

#dedde3

#dfdee3

#dfdfe2

#e0e0e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dddde3 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#dddde2 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#dde1e1 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 4.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #dddce5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dddce5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#dddce5 (#dddce5) is rgb(221, 220, 229) in RGB.

No, #dddce5 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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