CSS named colour

Gainsboro

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A CSS named colour: gainsboro is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(220 220 220)
HSL: 0°, 0%, 86%
OKLCh: 89.4% 0.000 0.0

Gainsboro in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#dcdcdc`
RGB	`rgb(220 220 220)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(220, 220, 220)`
RGB percent	`rgb(86.27% 86.27% 86.27%)`
HSL	`hsl(300 0% 86.3%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(300, 0%, 86.3%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(300, 0%, 86.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(300 86.3% 13.7%)`
Nearest name	`gainsboro`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(89.449% 0 0)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(89.449% 0 0)`
CIE LCh	`lch(87.761% 0 139.088)`
CIE Lab	`lab(87.761% 0 0)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.8627 0.8627 0.8627)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.8464 0.8464 0.8464)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.7157 0.7157 0.7157)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.6802 0.7157 0.7794)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.863)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.716)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.863, 0.863, 0.863, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.716, 0.716, 0.716, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(220, 220, 220)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.863)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.716)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.863, 0.863, 0.863, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.863, 0.863, 0.863, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.863)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.863, 0.863, 0.863, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.716, 0.716, 0.716)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.863f, 0.863f, 0.863f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(220, 220, 220, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.7157f, 0.7157f, 0.7157f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(220, 220, 220, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.863, 0.863, 0.863, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFDCDCDC)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(220, 220, 220)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.863, green: 0.863, blue: 0.863)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.863, green: 0.863, blue: 0.863, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xDCDCDC`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFDCDCDC`
Array 0–1	`[0.863, 0.863, 0.863]`
Array 0–255	`[220, 220, 220]`
Decimal integer	`14474460`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Gainsboro on white	1.37:1	Fail	Lc 18	Not usable for text
Gainsboro on black	15.31:1	AAA	Lc 85	Body text, 18px and up

Gainsboro text on a white background

Gainsboro text on a black background

White text on Gainsboro

Black text on Gainsboro

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f7f7f7
100#ededed
200#dcdcdc
300#c5c5c5
400#a9a9a9
500#8b8b8b
600#717171
700#5b5b5b
800#484848
900#383838
950#1f1f1f

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#e2e2e2
Tint 2#e8e8e8
Tint 3#ededed
Tint 4#f3f3f3
Tint 5#f9f9f9
Shade 1#acacac
Shade 2#7f7f7f
Shade 3#545454
Shade 4#2d2d2d
Shade 5#0b0b0b

Colours that work with Gainsboro

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

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Closest CSS names

gainsboroexact match
lightgrayΔEok 0.028
lavenderΔEok 0.045
powderblueΔEok 0.054
mistyroseΔEok 0.055
antiquewhiteΔEok 0.061