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Colour

#DCE5E4

  • #DCE5E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE5E4 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 229, 228 and HSL 173°, 15%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCE5E4#DCE5E4
HEX#DCE5E4
RGBrgb(220, 229, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.898, 0.8941
RGB percentages86.3%, 89.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(173.3, 14.8%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 3.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK3.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,476,772
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE5E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.37:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#231A1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E4E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E2E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#DAE6E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.1Light grey · ΔE 6.6White smoke · ΔE 7.1Alice blue · ΔE 8.1Azure · ΔE 8.9Mint cream · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.08, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5DCDD
Analogous#DCE5E0, #DCE2E5
Triadic#E4DCE5, #E5E4DC
Split complementary#E5DCE2, #E5E0DC
Tetradic#E0DCE5, #E5DCDD, #E2E5DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FBFB
Darker −10%#BFCFCD
Darker −20%#A1BAB7
Darker −30%#84A4A0
Darker −40%#688D89
More saturated +25%#D4EDEA
Less saturated −25%#E1E1E1

Channel breakdown

R220
G229
B228
Red220 (86.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue173.33°
Saturation (HSL)14.75%
Lightness88.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E5 · B E4

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