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Recognised as Colour

#D9E8E7

  • #D9E8E7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9E8E7 is a cyan with RGB values 217, 232, 231 and HSL 176°, 25%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9E8E7#D9E8E7
HEX#D9E8E7
RGBrgb(217, 232, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.9098, 0.9059
RGB percentages85.1%, 91%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(176, 24.6%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 6.5%, 91%)
CMYK6.5%, 0%, 0.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,280,935
CSS custom property--colour: #D9E8E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78234WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.65:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#261718

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E6E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E4E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D5E9E8no 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 text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.1White smoke · ΔE 7.7Alice blue · ΔE 8Azure · ΔE 8.1Light grey · ΔE 8.3Mint cream · ΔE 8.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8D9DA
Analogous#D9E8E0, #D9E2E8
Triadic#E7D9E8, #E8E7D9
Split complementary#E8D9E2, #E8E0D9
Tetradic#E0D9E8, #E8D9DA, #E2E8D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FBFB
Darker −10%#B9D5D3
Darker −20%#99C2BF
Darker −30%#7AAEAB
Darker −40%#5C9995
More saturated +25%#D1F0EE
Less saturated −25%#E1E1E1

Channel breakdown

R217
G232
B231
Red217 (85.1%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue176°
Saturation (HSL)24.59%
Lightness88.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D9 · G E8 · B E7

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