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Recognised as Colour

#DCE6ED

  • #DCE6ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE6ED is a blue with RGB values 220, 230, 237 and HSL 205°, 32%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCE6ED#DCE6ED
HEX#DCE6ED
RGBrgb(220, 230, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.902, 0.9294
RGB percentages86.3%, 90.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(204.7, 32.1%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.7, 7.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK7.2%, 3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,037
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#231912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E6EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D8E8E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 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 text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.8Alice blue · ΔE 6.5White smoke · ΔE 7.6Lavender · ΔE 7.7Ghost white · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.8, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE3DC
Analogous#DCEDEC, #DCDEED
Triadic#EDDCE6, #E6EDDC
Split complementary#EDDCDE, #EDECDC
Tetradic#ECDCED, #EDE3DC, #DEEDDC

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%#BACEDC
Darker −20%#99B6CA
Darker −30%#779EB9
Darker −40%#5686A7
More saturated +25%#D5E7F4
Less saturated −25%#E3E5E6

Channel breakdown

R220
G230
B237
Red220 (86.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue204.71°
Saturation (HSL)32.08%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E6 · B ED

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