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Recognised as Colour

#D9EAEE

  • #D9EAEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#D9EAEE is a cyan with RGB values 217, 234, 238 and HSL 191°, 38%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#D9EAEE#D9EAEE
HEX#D9EAEE
RGBrgb(217, 234, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.9176, 0.9333
RGB percentages85.1%, 91.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(191.4, 38.2%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 8.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK8.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,281,454
CSS custom property--colour: #D9EAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.95:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#261511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E9EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D4ECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 6.6Gainsboro · ΔE 7.3Azure · ΔE 7.7White smoke · ΔE 7.9Light cyan · ΔE 8.1Ghost white · ΔE 8.7
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDDD9
Analogous#D9EEE7, #D9DFEE
Triadic#EED9EA, #EAEED9
Split complementary#EED9DF, #EEE7D9
Tetradic#E7D9EE, #EEDDD9, #DFEED9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFE
Darker −10%#B6D7DE
Darker −20%#93C3CE
Darker −30%#6FB0BF
Darker −40%#4E9BAD
More saturated +25%#D2EEF5
Less saturated −25%#E0E6E7

Channel breakdown

R217
G234
B238
Red217 (85.1%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue191.43°
Saturation (HSL)38.18%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G EA · B EE

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