Light Gray #D3D3D3

About this color

#D3D3D3 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 87%, its chroma 0.000. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. It is the named color Light Gray. Black text reads best on it, at 14.02:1.

Colors that go with Light Gray

Matches found by rotating Light Gray around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Light Gray is close to neutral, so it has no hue to rotate. It pairs with almost any color; try the palettes below.

Color palettes with Light Gray

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Light Gray, closest first.

• Slate Agenda
• Granite Folder
• Paper Archive
• Cashmere Gallery
• Ash Study
• Ivory Study
• Marble Edit
• Caramel Grind

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Light Gray, with their ΔE distance.

• Cadet Gray #CED4DA ΔE 0.011
• Gainsboro #DCDCDC ΔE 0.028
• Pale Silver #D8E2DC ΔE 0.039
• Platinum #E0E1DD ΔE 0.041
• Pale Oak #DBCFB0 ΔE 0.045
• Light Blue #ADD8E6 ΔE 0.050
• Powder Blue #B0E0E6 ΔE 0.051
• Celeste #A8DADC ΔE 0.053

More about Light Gray

• Shades of gray
• What gray means

How to make Light Gray

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts white
• 1 part gray

Recipe result: #DADADA, a difference of ΔE 0.020 from Light Gray. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make gray? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Light Gray in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Light Gray

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F5F5F5

   oklch(97% 0 0)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EAEAEA

   oklch(93.7% 0 0)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #D3D3D3

   oklch(86.7% 0 0)

4. Step 300

   300

   #C0C0C0

   oklch(80.8% 0 0)

5. Step 400

   400

   #A0A0A0

   oklch(70.6% 0 0)

6. Step 500

   500

   #898989

   oklch(63% 0 0)

7. Step 600

   600

   #737373

   oklch(55.6% 0 0)

8. Step 700

   700

   #616161

   oklch(49.3% 0 0)

9. Step 800

   800

   #4F4F4F

   oklch(42.8% 0 0)

10. Step 900

    900

    #414141

    oklch(37.5% 0 0)

11. Step 950

    950

    #262626

    oklch(26.9% 0 0)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Light Gray with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.