Recognised as Colour

#DCDEE4

#DCDEE4
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCDEE4 is a blue with RGB values 220, 222, 228 and HSL 225°, 13%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCDEE4#DCDEE4

HEX#DCDEE4

RGBrgb(220, 222, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8706, 0.8941

RGB percentages86.3%, 87.1%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(225, 12.9%, 87.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 3.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK3.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,980

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDEE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#23211B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCDEE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCDEE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#DADFE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.3 Light grey · ΔE 5.1 Lavender · ΔE 8 White smoke · ΔE 8.7 Alice blue · ΔE 8.9 Ghost white · ΔE 9.3

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.27, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E4E2DC

Analogous#DCE2E4, #DEDCE4

Triadic#E4DCDE, #DEE4DC

Split complementary#E4DEDC, #E2E4DC

Tetradic#E4DCE2, #E4E2DC, #DCE4DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F9F9FA

Darker −10%#BFC3CE

Darker −20%#A2A8B8

Darker −30%#868DA1

Darker −40%#6A728A

More saturated +25%#D4DAEC

Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R220

G222

B228

Red220 (86.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)12.9%

Lightness87.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G DE · B E4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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