Recognised as Colour

#DBEEEB

#DBEEEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Azure

#DBEEEB is a cyan with RGB values 219, 238, 235 and HSL 171°, 36%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#DBEEEB#DBEEEB

HEX#DBEEEB

RGBrgb(219, 238, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.9333, 0.9216

RGB percentages85.9%, 93.3%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(170.5, 35.8%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 8%, 93.3%)

CMYK8%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,413,547

CSS custom property--colour: #DBEEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.44:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#241114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECECEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8E9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D6EFEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 6.6 Light cyan · ΔE 6.6 Mint cream · ΔE 7.3 White smoke · ΔE 7.9 Alice blue · ΔE 7.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 8.4

Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 6.63, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEDBDE

Analogous#DBEEE2, #DBE8EE

Triadic#EBDBEE, #EEEBDB

Split complementary#EEDBE8, #EEE2DB

Tetradic#E1DBEE, #EEDBDE, #E8EEDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFE

Darker −10%#B8DED8

Darker −20%#96CDC5

Darker −30%#73BDB1

Darker −40%#51AC9E

More saturated +25%#D4F5F0

Less saturated −25%#E2E7E6

Channel breakdown

R219

G238

B235

Red219 (85.9%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue170.53°

Saturation (HSL)35.85%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DB · G EE · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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