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Recognised as Colour

#DBE3EB

  • #DBE3EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DBE3EB is a blue with RGB values 219, 227, 235 and HSL 210°, 29%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DBE3EB#DBE3EB
HEX#DBE3EB
RGBrgb(219, 227, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8902, 0.9216
RGB percentages85.9%, 89%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(210, 28.6%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 6.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK6.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,410,731
CSS custom property--colour: #DBE3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.2:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#241C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E3EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE1EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D7E5E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.4Lavender · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 7.3White smoke · ΔE 8.3Ghost white · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE3DB
Analogous#DBEBEB, #DBDBEB
Triadic#EBDBE3, #E3EBDB
Split complementary#EBDBDB, #EBEBDB
Tetradic#EBDBEB, #EBE3DB, #DBEBDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFCFD
Darker −10%#BACAD9
Darker −20%#99B0C7
Darker −30%#7997B4
Darker −40%#597DA1
More saturated +25%#D4E3F2
Less saturated −25%#E2E3E4

Channel breakdown

R219
G227
B235
Red219 (85.9%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)28.57%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G E3 · B EB

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