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Recognised as Colour

#DCE7DD

  • #DCE7DD
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE7DD is a green with RGB values 220, 231, 221 and HSL 125°, 19%, 88%. 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

#DCE7DD#DCE7DD
HEX#DCE7DD
RGBrgb(220, 231, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9059, 0.8667
RGB percentages86.3%, 90.6%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(125.5, 18.6%, 88.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(125.5, 4.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK4.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,277
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE7DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77588WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.52:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#231822

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E5DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E4DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#DBE6E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 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 text16.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.1Honeydew · ΔE 8.5White smoke · ΔE 8.8Light grey · ΔE 8.9Linen · ΔE 8.9Mint cream · ΔE 9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.13, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7DCE6
Analogous#E1E7DC, #DCE7E3
Triadic#DDDCE7, #E7DDDC
Split complementary#E3DCE7, #E7DCE1
Tetradic#DCE1E7, #E7DCE6, #E7E3DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFCFA
Darker −10%#BED2C0
Darker −20%#9FBEA2
Darker −30%#81A985
Darker −40%#649369
More saturated +25%#D5EED7
Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R220
G231
B221
Red220 (86.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue125.45°
Saturation (HSL)18.64%
Lightness88.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E7 · B DD

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