Recognised as Colour

#D9DCE1

#D9DCE1
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9DCE1 is a blue with RGB values 217, 220, 225 and HSL 217°, 12%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9DCE1#D9DCE1

HEX#D9DCE1

RGBrgb(217, 220, 225)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8627, 0.8824

RGB percentages85.1%, 86.3%, 88.2%

HSLhsl(217.5, 11.8%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 3.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK3.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,277,857

CSS custom property--colour: #D9DCE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#26231E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBDCE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADBE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D7DDDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 2.8 Light grey · ΔE 4.2 Lavender · ΔE 8.9 White smoke · ΔE 9.3 Alice blue · ΔE 9.7 Ghost white · ΔE 10.2

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.8, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E1DED9

Analogous#D9E0E1, #DAD9E1

Triadic#E1D9DC, #DCE1D9

Split complementary#E1DAD9, #E0E1D9

Tetradic#E1D9E0, #E1DED9, #D9E1DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6F6F8

Darker −10%#BDC2CB

Darker −20%#A0A8B4

Darker −30%#848D9E

Darker −40%#697485

More saturated +25%#D1DAEA

Less saturated −25%#DDDDDD

Channel breakdown

R217

G220

B225

Red217 (85.1%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue225 (88.2%)

Hue217.5°

Saturation (HSL)11.76%

Lightness86.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D9 · G DC · B E1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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