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Recognised as Colour

#D8E5E3

  • #D8E5E3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D8E5E3 is a cyan with RGB values 216, 229, 227 and HSL 171°, 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

#D8E5E3#D8E5E3
HEX#D8E5E3
RGBrgb(216, 229, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.898, 0.8902
RGB percentages84.7%, 89.8%, 89%
HSLhsl(170.8, 20%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 5.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK5.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,214,627
CSS custom property--colour: #D8E5E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.24:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#271A1C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E3E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E1E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D5E6E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 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 text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2Light grey · ΔE 7.2White smoke · ΔE 8.1Alice blue · ΔE 8.8Azure · ΔE 9.1Mint cream · ΔE 9.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D8DA
Analogous#D8E5DC, #D8E1E5
Triadic#E3D8E5, #E5E3D8
Split complementary#E5D8E1, #E5DCD8
Tetradic#DCD8E5, #E5D8DA, #E1E5D8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F9F9
Darker −10%#B9D1CD
Darker −20%#9BBCB7
Darker −30%#7CA8A1
Darker −40%#609189
More saturated +25%#D0EDE9
Less saturated −25%#DFDFDF

Channel breakdown

R216
G229
B227
Red216 (84.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue170.77°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D8 · G E5 · B E3

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