Gainsboro
Gainsboro (#C8E0E0) is a soft light color with a luminosity of 71%. It has a chroma value of 9.4 (out of 100). The closest web-safe color is #CCCCCC. The Pantone name for this color is skylight (12-4604). The closest NCS color is #C6DDDC, with the code NCS S 1010-B50G. The grayscale version of this color is #D9D9D9. The contrast ratio with white is 1.4, and with black is 15.2. This meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a black background.
Lightness
Show relative
#FFFFFF
#DEEDED
#BEDADA
#9DC8C8
#7DB5B5
#5CA3A3
#4A8282
#376262
#254141
#122121
#000000
Saturation
#C2E6E6
#C3E5E5
#C4E4E4
#C6E2E2
#C7E1E1
#C8E0E0
#C9DFDF
#CADEDE
#CCDCDC
#CDDBDB
#CEDADA
Shade
#E7E7E7
#E6E6E6
#E4E4E4
#E2E2E2
#DCE0E0
#C8E0E0
#C8DDDD
#C8DADA
#C8D7D7
#C8D4D4
#C8D1D1
Hue
#E0C8C8
#E0CCC8
#E0D0C8
#E0D4C8
#E0D8C8
#E0DCC8
#E0E0C8
#DCE0C8
#D8E0C8
#D4E0C8
#D0E0C8
#CCE0C8
#C8E0C8
#C8E0CC
#C8E0D0
#C8E0D4
#C8E0D8
#C8E0DC
#C8E0E0
#C8DCE0
#C8D8E0
#C8D4E0
#C8D0E0
#C8CCE0
#C8C8E0
#CCC8E0
#D0C8E0
#D4C8E0
#D8C8E0
#DCC8E0
#E0C8E0
#E0C8DC
#E0C8D8
#E0C8D4
#E0C8D0
#E0C8CC
Grayscale
#D9D9D9
Complimentary
#371F1F
WCAG contrast conformance
#C8E0E0 meets the WCAG standard (4.5:1) for regular text (14pt) on a black background.
On a white background
Gainsboro
On a black background
Gainsboro
Gainsboro (#C8E0E0) does not meet the WCAG standard for either regular or large text on a cadetblue (#77ABBB) background.
Gainsboro
Composition
The colors that composes #C8E0E0
RGB
200
224
224
RYB
200
212
224
CMYK
11
0
0
12
CMY
22
12
12
Conversion
CSS values of #C8E0E0 and various standards
CSS values
HEX
#C8E0E0
RGB
rgb(200, 224, 224)
HSL
hsl(180, 28%, 83%)
HWB
hwb(180, 78%, 12%)
Various standards
Ansi16
rgb(255, 255, 255)
Ansi256
rgb(204, 204, 204)
HCG
rgb(200, 224, 224)
Apple
rgb(200, 224, 224)
Pantone color
skylight (12-4604)
#C8E0E0
Closest NCS color
NCS S 1010-B50G
#C6DDDC
Color harmonies
The basic color chords based on the color wheel
Split complementary
#E0D4C8
#C8E0E0
#E0C8D4
Triadic
#C8E0E0
#E0C8E0
#E0E0C8
Tetradic
#C8E0E0
#D4C8E0
#E0C8C8
#D4E0C8
Analogous
#C8E0D4
#C8E0E0
#C8D4E0
Color blindness
Below is a simulation map of how people with vision deciciency perceive your color
Achromatopsia
#DBDBDB
Deuteranopia
#D8D8E1
Protanopia
#DCDCE0
Tritanopia
#C8E0E0