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Recognised as Colour

#D9E4DF

  • #D9E4DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9E4DF is a cyan with RGB values 217, 228, 223 and HSL 153°, 17%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9E4DF#D9E4DF
HEX#D9E4DF
RGBrgb(217, 228, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8941, 0.8745
RGB percentages85.1%, 89.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(152.7, 16.9%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 4.8%, 89.4%)
CMYK4.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,279,903
CSS custom property--colour: #D9E4DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#261B20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E2DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E1DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D7E4E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.1Light grey · ΔE 7White smoke · ΔE 8.3Mint cream · ΔE 9.5Azure · ΔE 9.7Linen · ΔE 9.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4D9DE
Analogous#D9E4DA, #D9E4E4
Triadic#DFD9E4, #E4DFD9
Split complementary#E4D9E4, #E4DAD9
Tetradic#DAD9E4, #E4D9DE, #E4E4D9

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%#BBCFC6
Darker −20%#9DBAAD
Darker −30%#80A494
Darker −40%#648D7A
More saturated +25%#D1ECE0
Less saturated −25%#DFDFDF

Channel breakdown

R217
G228
B223
Red217 (85.1%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue152.73°
Saturation (HSL)16.92%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D9 · G E4 · B DF

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