Recognised as Colour

#DCE3E4

#DCE3E4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE3E4 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 227, 228 and HSL 188°, 13%, 88%. 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

#DCE3E4#DCE3E4

HEX#DCE3E4

RGBrgb(220, 227, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8902, 0.8941

RGB percentages86.3%, 89%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(187.5, 12.9%, 87.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 3.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK3.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,476,260

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE3E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.15:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#231C1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E2E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0E1E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DAE4E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 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 text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.2 Light grey · ΔE 5.8 White smoke · ΔE 7.2 Alice blue · ΔE 8 Ghost white · ΔE 8.9 Azure · ΔE 9.6

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.21, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E4DDDC

Analogous#DCE4E1, #DCDFE4

Triadic#E4DCE3, #E3E4DC

Split complementary#E4DCDF, #E4E1DC

Tetradic#E1DCE4, #E4DDDC, #DFE4DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F9FAFA

Darker −10%#BFCCCE

Darker −20%#A2B5B8

Darker −30%#869EA1

Darker −40%#6A868A

More saturated +25%#D4E9EC

Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R220

G227

B228

Red220 (86.3%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue187.5°

Saturation (HSL)12.9%

Lightness87.84%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G E3 · B E4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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