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Recognised as Colour

#DCE9EA

  • #DCE9EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCE9EA is a cyan with RGB values 220, 233, 234 and HSL 184°, 25%, 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

#DCE9EA#DCE9EA
HEX#DCE9EA
RGBrgb(220, 233, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9137, 0.9176
RGB percentages86.3%, 91.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(184.3, 25%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 6%, 91.8%)
CMYK6%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,802
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#231615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D8EAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.9Alice blue · ΔE 6.8White smoke · ΔE 6.9Azure · ΔE 7.5Light grey · ΔE 8.3Mint cream · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADDDC
Analogous#DCEAE4, #DCE2EA
Triadic#EADCE9, #E9EADC
Split complementary#EADCE2, #EAE4DC
Tetradic#E4DCEA, #EADDDC, #E2EADC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFD
Darker −10%#BCD5D7
Darker −20%#9CC1C4
Darker −30%#7CADB1
Darker −40%#5E989C
More saturated +25%#D5EFF1
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R220
G233
B234
Red220 (86.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E9 · B EA

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