#D3DCD5
Light Gray · very light neutral
About #D3DCD5
#D3DCD5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 86% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 14% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Light Gray (ΔE 5.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCD3DA — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D3DCD5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.97:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #D3DCD5
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #D3DCD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D3DCD5?
#D3DCD5 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 86% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 14% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #D3DCD5?
Use black text. Black on #D3DCD5 has a contrast ratio of 14.97:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D3DCD5?
Its complementary colour is #DCD3DA, and analogous partners are #D6DCD3 and #D3DCDA.