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Recognised as Colour

#D9E5E4

  • #D9E5E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9E5E4 is a cyan with RGB values 217, 229, 228 and HSL 175°, 19%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9E5E4#D9E5E4
HEX#D9E5E4
RGBrgb(217, 229, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.898, 0.8941
RGB percentages85.1%, 89.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(175, 18.8%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175, 5.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,280,164
CSS custom property--colour: #D9E5E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.28:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#261A1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E4E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E2E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D6E6E5no 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 text16.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.8Light grey · ΔE 7White smoke · ΔE 7.8Alice blue · ΔE 8.4Azure · ΔE 9Mint cream · ΔE 9.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.84, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D9DA
Analogous#D9E5DE, #D9E0E5
Triadic#E4D9E5, #E5E4D9
Split complementary#E5D9E0, #E5DED9
Tetradic#DED9E5, #E5D9DA, #E0E5D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7FAFA
Darker −10%#BBD0CE
Darker −20%#9CBCB9
Darker −30%#7EA7A3
Darker −40%#62908C
More saturated +25%#D1EDEB
Less saturated −25%#DFDFDF

Channel breakdown

R217
G229
B228
Red217 (85.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue175°
Saturation (HSL)18.75%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D9 · G E5 · B E4

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