Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#DBEDE5

  • #DBEDE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#DBEDE5 is a cyan with RGB values 219, 237, 229 and HSL 153°, 33%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Honeydew.

Colour values

#DBEDE5#DBEDE5
HEX#DBEDE5
RGBrgb(219, 237, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.9294, 0.898
RGB percentages85.9%, 92.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(153.3, 33.3%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.3, 7.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK7.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,413,285
CSS custom property--colour: #DBEDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.26:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#24121A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECEAE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E8E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D8EDEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 7.3Mint cream · ΔE 7.6Azure · ΔE 8Light cyan · ΔE 8.1White smoke · ΔE 8.7Gainsboro · ΔE 8.9
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDBE3
Analogous#DBEDDC, #DBECED
Triadic#E5DBED, #EDE5DB
Split complementary#EDDBEC, #EDDCDB
Tetradic#DCDBED, #EDDBE3, #ECEDDB

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%#B9DCCC
Darker −20%#97CBB4
Darker −30%#75BA9B
Darker −40%#54A883
More saturated +25%#D4F4E6
Less saturated −25%#E2E6E4

Channel breakdown

R219
G237
B229
Red219 (85.9%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue153.33°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DB · G ED · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “dbede5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.