All About Color Alto

#DBDBDB

Alto is a light shade of gray that exudes a clean and minimalist aesthetic. It's a neutral color, versatile and modern, often used in design for its ability to blend well with other colors and create a serene, uncluttered look.

About Alto

Alto is a very light gray color with the hex code #DBDBDB. In RGB it is red 219, green 219, blue 219; in HSL it is hue 0°, saturation 0%, lightness 86%; in CMYK it is 0%, 0%, 0%, 14%. Its contrast ratio is 1.38:1 on white and 15.17:1 on black.

#DBDBDB Color Conversion

Hex tripletDB, DB, DB
CMYK0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 14.12%
RGB Decimal219, 219, 219
HSL0°, 0%, 86%
RGB Octal333, 333, 333
HSV (HSB)0.00°, 0.00%, 85.88%
RGB Binary11011011, 11011011, 11011011
CIE-L*AB87.41, 0.00, -0.01
RGB Percent85.88%, 85.88%, 85.88%
CIE-L*CH87.41, 0.01, 296.81
XYZ67.33, 70.84, 77.14
CIE-L*UV87.41, 0.01, 0.00
xyY0.31, 0.33, 70.84
Hunter-Lab84.17, -4.49, 4.57
RYB85.88%, 85.88%, 85.88%

Color Accessibility Scores

#DBDBDB on a dark background: contrast 15.17:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#DBDBDB on a light background: contrast 1.38:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Alto, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Alto. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#DBDBDB · #F2F2F2 · #ADADAD · #DBDBDB · #F2F2F2

Analogous palette

#DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #DBDBDB

Triadic palette

#DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #F2F2F2 · #F2F2F2

Tetradic palette

#DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #DBDBDB · #ADADAD

Monochromatic palette

#8F8F8F · #B5B5B5 · #DBDBDB · #F2F2F2 · #F2F2F2

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