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Colour

#DCE8EB

  • #DCE8EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE8EB is a cyan with RGB values 220, 232, 235 and HSL 192°, 27%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCE8EB#DCE8EB
HEX#DCE8EB
RGBrgb(220, 232, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9098, 0.9216
RGB percentages86.3%, 91%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(192, 27.3%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 6.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK6.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,547
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.79:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#231714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E7EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D8E9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.6Alice blue · ΔE 6.5White smoke · ΔE 6.9Azure · ΔE 8Light grey · ΔE 8Ghost white · ΔE 8.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDFDC
Analogous#DCEBE7, #DCE1EB
Triadic#EBDCE8, #E8EBDC
Split complementary#EBDCE1, #EBE7DC
Tetradic#E7DCEB, #EBDFDC, #E1EBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFE
Darker −10%#BCD3D8
Darker −20%#9BBDC6
Darker −30%#7BA8B3
Darker −40%#5B92A0
More saturated +25%#D5ECF2
Less saturated −25%#E3E4E4

Channel breakdown

R220
G232
B235
Red220 (86.3%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E8 · B EB

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