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Recognised as Colour

#DCE8CD

  • #DCE8CD
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#DCE8CD is a green with RGB values 220, 232, 205 and HSL 87°, 37%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DCE8CD#DCE8CD
HEX#DCE8CD
RGBrgb(220, 232, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9098, 0.8039
RGB percentages86.3%, 91%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(86.7, 37%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86.7, 11.6%, 91%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 11.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,517
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#231732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9E4CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#DEE5E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 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 text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 7.1Cornsilk · ΔE 9.9Light yellow · ΔE 10Honeydew · ΔE 10.3Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.4Antique white · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9CDE8
Analogous#E8E7CD, #CFE8CD
Triadic#CDDCE8, #E8CDDC
Split complementary#CDCFE8, #E7CDE8
Tetradic#CDE8E7, #D9CDE8, #E8CDCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F8F0
Darker −10%#C4D8AA
Darker −20%#ABC887
Darker −30%#93B864
Darker −40%#79A049
More saturated +25%#DDF1C4
Less saturated −25%#DBDFD6

Channel breakdown

R220
G232
B205
Red220 (86.3%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue86.67°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E8 · B CD

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