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Recognised as Colour

#DAE6EE

  • #DAE6EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DAE6EE is a blue with RGB values 218, 230, 238 and HSL 204°, 37%, 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

#DAE6EE#DAE6EE
HEX#DAE6EE
RGBrgb(218, 230, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.902, 0.9333
RGB percentages85.5%, 90.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(204, 37%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204, 8.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK8.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,345,966
CSS custom property--colour: #DAE6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#251911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D5E8E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 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 text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5Alice blue · ΔE 6.7Lavender · ΔE 7.7Ghost white · ΔE 8.3White smoke · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE2DA
Analogous#DAEEEC, #DADCEE
Triadic#EEDAE6, #E6EEDA
Split complementary#EEDADC, #EEECDA
Tetradic#ECDAEE, #EEE2DA, #DCEEDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFEFE
Darker −10%#B7CEDE
Darker −20%#94B7CE
Darker −30%#719FBE
Darker −40%#4F87AD
More saturated +25%#D3E7F5
Less saturated −25%#E1E5E7

Channel breakdown

R218
G230
B238
Red218 (85.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue204°
Saturation (HSL)37.04%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G E6 · B EE

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