Information about #D1D1D1 color

#D1D1D1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#D1D1D1 falls into the Greyscale Color Family — Desaturated, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(209, 209, 209) — 82% red, 82% green, 82% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 18. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#D1D1D1 presents itself as a softly muted neutral grey — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. It is a natural fit for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Soft Grey (#D2D2CF). Slightly further away sit Gray Goose (#D1D0CE) and American Silver (#CFCFCF).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (209 each), placing #D1D1D1 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. On this background, black text reaches a 13.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#D1D1D1 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#D1D1D1 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #D1D1D1

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#D1D1D1
  • RGB209, 209, 209
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(209, 209, 209)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 82%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 81.961%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 82%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.820
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.820
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.820
  • GLSLvec3(0.820, 0.820, 0.820)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.820, 0.820, 0.820, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.820, 0.820, 0.820)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB82%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB82%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB82%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDD1D1D1
  • DECIMAL ID13750737
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01