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Colour

#DCE6E8

  • #DCE6E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE6E8 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 230, 232 and HSL 190°, 21%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCE6E8#DCE6E8
HEX#DCE6E8
RGBrgb(220, 230, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.902, 0.9098
RGB percentages86.3%, 90.2%, 91%
HSLhsl(190, 20.7%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 5.2%, 91%)
CMYK5.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,032
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE6E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#231917

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E5E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E3E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D9E7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.6White smoke · ΔE 7Light grey · ΔE 7.1Alice blue · ΔE 7.1Ghost white · ΔE 8.4Azure · ΔE 8.6
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.63, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8DEDC
Analogous#DCE8E4, #DCE0E8
Triadic#E8DCE6, #E6E8DC
Split complementary#E8DCE0, #E8E4DC
Tetradic#E4DCE8, #E8DEDC, #E0E8DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFCFC
Darker −10%#BDD0D4
Darker −20%#9EBAC0
Darker −30%#80A4AB
Darker −40%#628D96
More saturated +25%#D5EBEF
Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R220
G230
B232
Red220 (86.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)20.69%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E6 · B E8

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