Colour

#D4E2E5

#D4E2E5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D4E2E5 is a cyan with RGB values 212, 226, 229 and HSL 191°, 25%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D4E2E5#D4E2E5

HEX#D4E2E5

RGBrgb(212, 226, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.8863, 0.898

RGB percentages83.1%, 88.6%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(190.6, 24.6%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 7.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK7.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,951,717

CSS custom property--colour: #D4E2E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#2B1D1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE1E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCDEE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D0E3E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2 Light grey · ΔE 6.7 Alice blue · ΔE 8.8 White smoke · ΔE 9.2 Azure · ΔE 10.1 Ghost white · ΔE 10.3

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E5D7D4

Analogous#D4E5E0, #D4DAE5

Triadic#E5D4E2, #E2E5D4

Split complementary#E5D4DA, #E5E0D4

Tetradic#E0D4E5, #E5D7D4, #DAE5D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4F7F8

Darker −10%#B4CDD2

Darker −20%#94B7BF

Darker −30%#75A2AB

Darker −40%#598994

More saturated +25%#CBE8EE

Less saturated −25%#DDDDDD

Channel breakdown

R212

G226

B229

Red212 (83.1%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue190.59°

Saturation (HSL)24.64%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D4 · G E2 · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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