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Recognised as Colour

#DAE6EB

  • #DAE6EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DAE6EB is a cyan with RGB values 218, 230, 235 and HSL 198°, 30%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DAE6EB#DAE6EB
HEX#DAE6EB
RGBrgb(218, 230, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.902, 0.9216
RGB percentages85.5%, 90.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(197.6, 29.8%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 7.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK7.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,345,963
CSS custom property--colour: #DAE6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#251914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D6E8E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.6Alice blue · ΔE 6.9White smoke · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 7.7Ghost white · ΔE 8.4Azure · ΔE 8.8
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#EBDFDA
Analogous#DAEBE7, #DADEEB
Triadic#EBDAE6, #E6EBDA
Split complementary#EBDADE, #EBE7DA
Tetradic#E7DAEB, #EBDFDA, #DEEBDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFCFD
Darker −10%#B9D0D9
Darker −20%#98B9C7
Darker −30%#77A3B5
Darker −40%#578CA2
More saturated +25%#D3E9F2
Less saturated −25%#E1E3E4

Channel breakdown

R218
G230
B235
Red218 (85.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)29.82%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G E6 · B EB

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