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Recognised as Colour

#D5E6E9

  • #D5E6E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D5E6E9 is a cyan with RGB values 213, 230, 233 and HSL 189°, 31%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D5E6E9#D5E6E9
HEX#D5E6E9
RGBrgb(213, 230, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.902, 0.9137
RGB percentages83.5%, 90.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(189, 31.2%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 8.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK8.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,018,281
CSS custom property--colour: #D5E6E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.32:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#2A1916

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E4E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D0E8E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5Alice blue · ΔE 8Light grey · ΔE 8.3White smoke · ΔE 8.8Azure · ΔE 9Light cyan · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D8D5
Analogous#D5E9E2, #D5DCE9
Triadic#E9D5E6, #E6E9D5
Split complementary#E9D5DC, #E9E2D5
Tetradic#E2D5E9, #E9D8D5, #DCE9D5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6FAFB
Darker −10%#B4D2D7
Darker −20%#92BEC6
Darker −30%#71AAB4
Darker −40%#53939F
More saturated +25%#CDECF1
Less saturated −25%#DDE0E1

Channel breakdown

R213
G230
B233
Red213 (83.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue189°
Saturation (HSL)31.25%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D5 · G E6 · B E9

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