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

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#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

1.4

Gainsboro

On a black background

15.2

Gainsboro

1.8

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