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Colour

#DAE6E1

  • #DAE6E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DAE6E1 is a cyan with RGB values 218, 230, 225 and HSL 155°, 19%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DAE6E1#DAE6E1
HEX#DAE6E1
RGBrgb(218, 230, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.902, 0.8824
RGB percentages85.5%, 90.2%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(155, 19.4%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155, 5.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,345,953
CSS custom property--colour: #DAE6E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.39:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#25191E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E2E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D8E6E4no 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 text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.6Light grey · ΔE 7.6White smoke · ΔE 8Mint cream · ΔE 8.9Azure · ΔE 9.1Alice blue · ΔE 9.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6DADF
Analogous#DAE6DB, #DAE5E6
Triadic#E1DAE6, #E6E1DA
Split complementary#E6DAE5, #E6DBDA
Tetradic#DBDAE6, #E6DADF, #E5E6DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8FBFA
Darker −10%#BCD1C8
Darker −20%#9DBDB0
Darker −30%#7FA897
Darker −40%#62927E
More saturated +25%#D2EEE2
Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R218
G230
B225
Red218 (85.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue155°
Saturation (HSL)19.35%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DA · G E6 · B E1

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