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Light Gray Color — #D3D3D3 HEX Code

Light Gray uses #D3D3D3, or RGB(211, 211, 211), in this color catalog. Explore complementary colors, palettes and text contrast below.

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#D3D3D3
H: 0° · S: 0% · B: 83%
Brightness83%

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Light Gray

#D3D3D3

Light Gray color reference

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Light gray is a pale neutral with equal RGB channels. It is useful as a background candidate, while borders on white need their own visibility check.

CSS keywords: lightgray, lightgrey. Each resolves to #D3D3D3 in sRGB.

HEX — exact
#D3D3D3
RGB — exact 8-bit channels
211, 211, 211
HSL — rounded
none, 0%, 83%

What is the complementary color?

This neutral has no hue, so it has no unique hue-wheel complement. Build a neutral palette by changing lightness and testing the text pairs.

Black or white text on Light Gray?

Black text: 14.028:1Normal-text AA: PassInspect this text pair
White text: 1.497:1Normal-text AA: FailInspect this text pair

AA requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text. Results use opaque colors and unrounded contrast values; a passing pair does not establish complete accessibility.

Use #D3D3D3 in a real interface

Exact match in the Color Match reference list: Light Gray. Reference names are browsing labels; not every name is a CSS keyword.

This value falls short for normal text on white. Try it as an accent surface with the tested label below, or use the contrast fixer for a darker text role.

A passing foreground/background check covers that pair only. Inspect focus, hover and meaningful boundaries against their actual neighbors.

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The lightest and darkest supplied values are the starting reading pair. The accent label adds black or white, whichever has greater contrast. You can change the accent below.

A palette in context

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Example action

Reading text #111827 on #D3D3D3: 11.850:1 - Pass normal text AA.

Accent label #000000 on #D3D3D3: 14.028:1.

Checks use unrounded ratios and opaque sRGB. The example action is a visual sample. Test boundaries, focus and hover in your actual component.

All color pairs: normal text AA
Rows are text; columns are backgrounds. Each cell gives the ratio and AA result.
Text / background#D3D3D3#111827
#D3D3D31.00:1 Fail11.85:1 Pass
#11182711.85:1 Pass1.00:1 Fail
:root {
  --surface: #D3D3D3;
  --text: #111827;
  --accent: #D3D3D3;
  --on-accent: #000000;
}

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Accessibility

Text contrast on Light Gray

Each sample uses this color as the background. Results describe opaque text contrast, not the accessibility of a whole design.

White text

A normal-size text example.

#FFFFFF on #D3D3D3

WCAG: 1.497:1

Normal text: Fail. Large text: Fail.

APCA: -26.46 Lc (supplementary).

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Black text

A normal-size text example.

#000000 on #D3D3D3

WCAG: 14.028:1

Normal text: AAA. Large text: AAA.

APCA: 80.42 Lc (supplementary).

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AA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Large text is at least 24 CSS px, or about 18.67 CSS px and bold. Methods and limitations

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Normal Vision

Light Gray — Original
#D3D3D3
No change
#D3D3D3

Vision: Viénot 1999 + Machado 2009. Environment: approximate perceptual simulation.

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