Recognised as Colour

#D8E5DD

#D8E5DD
Green
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D8E5DD is a green with RGB values 216, 229, 221 and HSL 143°, 20%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D8E5DD#D8E5DD

HEX#D8E5DD

RGBrgb(216, 229, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.898, 0.8667

RGB percentages84.7%, 89.8%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(143.1, 20%, 87.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(143.1, 5.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK5.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,214,621

CSS custom property--colour: #D8E5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#271A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E3DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E1DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D6E5E3no 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 text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.6 Light grey · ΔE 8.2 White smoke · ΔE 9.2 Honeydew · ΔE 9.5 Mint cream · ΔE 9.6 Linen · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5D8E0

Analogous#DAE5D8, #D8E5E4

Triadic#DDD8E5, #E5DDD8

Split complementary#E4D8E5, #E5D8DA

Tetradic#D8DAE5, #E5D8E0, #E5E4D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F9F8

Darker −10%#B9D1C2

Darker −20%#9BBCA8

Darker −30%#7CA88D

Darker −40%#609173

More saturated +25%#D0EDDB

Less saturated −25%#DFDFDF

Channel breakdown

R216

G229

B221

Red216 (84.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue143.08°

Saturation (HSL)20%

Lightness87.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D8 · G E5 · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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