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Recognised as Colour

#D9DFDE

  • #D9DFDE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9DFDE is a cyan with RGB values 217, 223, 222 and HSL 170°, 9%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9DFDE#D9DFDE
HEX#D9DFDE
RGBrgb(217, 223, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8745, 0.8706
RGB percentages85.1%, 87.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(170, 8.6%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 2.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK2.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,278,622
CSS custom property--colour: #D9DFDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72801WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#262021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D8DFDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 2.3Light grey · ΔE 4.4White smoke · ΔE 8.5Alice blue · ΔE 9.7Linen · ΔE 10.1Ghost white · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.29, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFD9DA
Analogous#D9DFDB, #D9DDDF
Triadic#DED9DF, #DFDED9
Split complementary#DFD9DD, #DFDBD9
Tetradic#DBD9DF, #DFD9DA, #DDDFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F6F6
Darker −10%#BDC8C6
Darker −20%#A2B0AE
Darker −30%#869996
Darker −40%#6C807D
More saturated +25%#D0E8E4
Less saturated −25%#DCDCDC

Channel breakdown

R217
G223
B222
Red217 (85.1%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)8.57%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D9 · G DF · B DE

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