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Recognised as Colour

#D6E8CD

  • #D6E8CD
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#D6E8CD is a green with RGB values 214, 232, 205 and HSL 100°, 37%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#D6E8CD#D6E8CD
HEX#D6E8CD
RGBrgb(214, 232, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.9098, 0.8039
RGB percentages83.9%, 91%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(100, 37%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(100, 11.6%, 91%)
CMYK7.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,084,301
CSS custom property--colour: #D6E8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#291732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E2CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D6E6E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 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 text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 8.9Honeydew · ΔE 10.7Light yellow · ΔE 11.5Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.8Cornsilk · ΔE 11.8Antique white · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFCDE8
Analogous#E4E8CD, #CDE8D2
Triadic#CDD6E8, #E8CDD6
Split complementary#D2CDE8, #E8CDE4
Tetradic#CDE4E8, #DFCDE8, #E8D2CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F8F0
Darker −10%#B9D8AA
Darker −20%#9DC887
Darker −30%#80B864
Darker −40%#66A049
More saturated +25%#D3F1C4
Less saturated −25%#D9DFD6

Channel breakdown

R214
G232
B205
Red214 (83.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue100°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D6 · G E8 · B CD

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