Recognised as Colour

#D8E7EB

#D8E7EB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D8E7EB is a cyan with RGB values 216, 231, 235 and HSL 193°, 32%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D8E7EB#D8E7EB

HEX#D8E7EB

RGBrgb(216, 231, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.9059, 0.9216

RGB percentages84.7%, 90.6%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(192.6, 32.2%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 8.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK8.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,215,147

CSS custom property--colour: #D8E7EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77749WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.55:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#271814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E6EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E1E3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#D3E9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.3 Alice blue · ΔE 7.1 White smoke · ΔE 8.1 Light grey · ΔE 8.3 Azure · ΔE 8.5 Ghost white · ΔE 9

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBDCD8

Analogous#D8EBE5, #D8DEEB

Triadic#EBD8E7, #E7EBD8

Split complementary#EBD8DE, #EBE5D8

Tetradic#E5D8EB, #EBDCD8, #DEEBD8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FAFCFC

Darker −10%#B6D2DA

Darker −20%#95BEC8

Darker −30%#73A9B7

Darker −40%#5493A3

More saturated +25%#D1EBF2

Less saturated −25%#DFE3E4

Channel breakdown

R216

G231

B235

Red216 (84.7%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue192.63°

Saturation (HSL)32.2%

Lightness88.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D8 · G E7 · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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