Colour

#DCE7C7

#DCE7C7
Green
Light
Nearest: Beige

#DCE7C7 is a green with RGB values 220, 231, 199 and HSL 81°, 40%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DCE7C7#DCE7C7

HEX#DCE7C7

RGBrgb(220, 231, 199)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9059, 0.7804

RGB percentages86.3%, 90.6%, 78%

HSLhsl(80.6, 40%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(80.6, 13.9%, 90.6%)

CMYK4.8%, 0%, 13.9%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,477,255

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE7C7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.3:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#231838

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBE3C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAE3C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DFE4DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 8 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 9.2 Light yellow · ΔE 10.1 Cornsilk · ΔE 10.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.6 Papaya whip · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 8.05, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D2C7E7

Analogous#E7E2C7, #CCE7C7

Triadic#C7DCE7, #E7C7DC

Split complementary#C7CCE7, #E2C7E7

Tetradic#C7E7E2, #D2C7E7, #E7C7CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2F6EB

Darker −10%#C6D8A3

Darker −20%#AFC880

Darker −30%#99B95C

Darker −40%#7F9E44

More saturated +25%#DFF1BD

Less saturated −25%#D9DDD1

Channel breakdown

R220

G231

B199

Red220 (86.3%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue199 (78%)

Hue80.62°

Saturation (HSL)40%

Lightness84.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DC · G E7 · B C7

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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