Information about Light Grey color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #D8DCD6 reads as a muted, almost neutral off-white and radiates an almost-white brightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Quarter Tasman (#D8DCD5). Slightly further away sit Aqua Haze (#D9DDD5) and Light Silver (#D8D8D8).
In RGB terms — rgb(216, 220, 214) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #D8DCD6: 15.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Light Grey" in the Register.
Light Grey color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Light Grey color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Light Grey color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Light Grey color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Light Grey color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Light Grey color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Light Grey color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Light Grey
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#D8DCD5
#D9DDD5
#D8D8D8
#D6D8D8
#DBDBDB
#D5D7D8
#D6D6D6
#D7D6D3
#DBDBDC
#DBD7D2
#DDDCDB
#D1DDD5
Light Grey color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#D8DCD6
- RGB216, 220, 214
- CMYK2, 0, 2, 14
- CSSrgb(216, 220, 214)
- HSL100°, 8%, 85%
- HSL Precise100°, 7.895%, 85.098%
- HSV100°, 3%, 86%
- HSB100°, 3%, 86%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.847
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.863
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.839
- GLSLvec3(0.847, 0.863, 0.839)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.847, 0.863, 0.839, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.847, 0.863, 0.839)
- Percentage of Red in RGB84.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB86.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB83.9%
- Color FamilyChartreuse
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLuminous
- HEX IDD8DCD6
- DECIMAL ID14212310
- Name Length10
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- Counting from2025-01-01
