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Recognised as Colour

#D6E6E5

  • #D6E6E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D6E6E5 is a cyan with RGB values 214, 230, 229 and HSL 176°, 24%, 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

#D6E6E5#D6E6E5
HEX#D6E6E5
RGBrgb(214, 230, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.902, 0.898
RGB percentages83.9%, 90.2%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(176.3, 24.2%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 7%, 90.2%)
CMYK7%, 0%, 0.4%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,083,813
CSS custom property--colour: #D6E6E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.31:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#29191A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E2E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D2E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.1Light grey · ΔE 7.9White smoke · ΔE 8.6Alice blue · ΔE 8.7Azure · ΔE 8.8Light cyan · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6D6D7
Analogous#D6E6DD, #D6DFE6
Triadic#E5D6E6, #E6E5D6
Split complementary#E6D6DF, #E6DDD6
Tetradic#DDD6E6, #E6D6D7, #DFE6D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F9F9
Darker −10%#B6D3D1
Darker −20%#97BFBD
Darker −30%#77ACA9
Darker −40%#5B9591
More saturated +25%#CEEEEC
Less saturated −25%#DEDEDE

Channel breakdown

R214
G230
B229
Red214 (83.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue176.25°
Saturation (HSL)24.24%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D6 · G E6 · B E5

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