HEX atlas value

#D9DAD9

#D9DAD9 is a neutral gray HEX color nearest Aluminum. RGB 217, 218, 217, HSL 120° 1% 85%, luminance 0.699; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral muted

#D9DAD9 Sample readable text

HEX #D9DAD9

RGB rgb(217, 218, 217)

HSL hsl(120 1% 85%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 0, 15)

Luminance 0.699

Contrast Black 14.98:1White 1.4:1

CSS

--color-d9dad9: #D9DAD9;
.background-d9dad9 { background-color: #D9DAD9; }
.text-d9dad9 { color: #D9DAD9; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D9DAD9

#D9DAD9 is classified as a neutral gray value with muted visual character. #D9DAD9 is visually closest to Aluminum, a named gray color with HEX #D9DAD9.

The RGB channels are 217, 218, and 217, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 120deg with 1% saturation and 85% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.699, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.98:1AA Pass

White text1.4:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D9DAD9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.98:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.4:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #D0E2D0#D0E2D0 · #000000 text · best 15.47:1 Gainsboro#DCDCDC · #000000 text · best 15.31:1 Fog#D7DDE0 · #000000 text · best 15.31:1 #D9D9D9#D9D9D9 · #000000 text · best 14.88:1

Generated Palette

Aluminum#D9DAD9

#D9D8D9#D9D8D9

#D9D9D8#D9D9D8

#D8D9D9#D8D9D9

White#FFFFFF

#AAACAA#AAACAA

Color Harmonies

#D9D8D9#D9D8D9

#D9D9D8#D9D9D8

#D8D9D9#D8D9D9

#D8D8D9#D8D8D9

#D9D8D8#D9D8D8

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#AAACAA#AAACAA

#D0E2D0#D0E2D0

#D9D9D9#D9D9D9

White#FFFFFF

#DBFFDB#DBFFDB

Nearest Named Colors

Aluminum#D9DAD9

Gainsboro#DCDCDC

Chrome#D5D5D5

Fog#D7DDE0

Light Gray#D3D3D3

Luminance0.699

Black text14.98:1AA Pass

White text1.4:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D9DAD9","rgb":[217,218,217],"hsl":[120,1,85],"cmyk":[0,0,0,15],"luminance":0.699,"contrast":{"black":14.98,"white":1.4}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.98,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.4,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D0E2D0","hex":"#D0E2D0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.47,"contrastWhite":1.36,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Gainsboro","hex":"#DCDCDC","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.31,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Fog","hex":"#D7DDE0","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.31,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D9D9D9","hex":"#D9D9D9","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.88,"contrastWhite":1.41,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","muted","muted gray","Aluminum adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d9dad9.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/aluminum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/gainsboro.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/chrome.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D9D8D9","analogous":["#D9D9D8","#D8D9D9"],"triadic":["#D8D8D9","#D9D8D8"],"tetradic":["#D8D9D9","#D9D8D9","#D9D9D8"],"splitComplementary":["#D9D8D9","#D9D8D9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#D9DAD9","#AAACAA"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#AAACAA","saturated":"#D0E2D0","desaturated":"#D9D9D9","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#DBFFDB"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"aluminum","name":"Aluminum","hex":"#D9DAD9","distance":0},{"slug":"gainsboro","name":"Gainsboro","hex":"#DCDCDC","distance":4.69041575982343},{"slug":"chrome","name":"Chrome","hex":"#D5D5D5","distance":7.54983443527075},{"slug":"fog","name":"Fog","hex":"#D7DDE0","distance":7.874007874011811},{"slug":"light-gray","name":"Light Gray","hex":"#D3D3D3","distance":11}]

#D9DAD9

CSS

About #D9DAD9

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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