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Recognised as Colour

#DCE9E7

  • #DCE9E7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE9E7 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 233, 231 and HSL 171°, 23%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCE9E7#DCE9E7
HEX#DCE9E7
RGBrgb(220, 233, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9137, 0.9059
RGB percentages86.3%, 91.4%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(170.8, 22.8%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 5.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK5.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,799
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE9E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.85:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#231618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E7E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5E5E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D9EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 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 text16.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.9White smoke · ΔE 7Azure · ΔE 7.7Alice blue · ΔE 7.7Mint cream · ΔE 8Light grey · ΔE 8.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9DCDE
Analogous#DCE9E1, #DCE4E9
Triadic#E7DCE9, #E9E7DC
Split complementary#E9DCE4, #E9E1DC
Tetradic#E1DCE9, #E9DCDE, #E4E9DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFDFC
Darker −10%#BDD5D2
Darker −20%#9DC2BC
Darker −30%#7EAEA7
Darker −40%#609990
More saturated +25%#D5F0EC
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R220
G233
B231
Red220 (86.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue170.77°
Saturation (HSL)22.81%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E9 · B E7

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