Recognised as Colour

#DCEAED

#DCEAED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Alice blue

#DCEAED is a cyan with RGB values 220, 234, 237 and HSL 191°, 32%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DCEAED#DCEAED

HEX#DCEAED

RGBrgb(220, 234, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9176, 0.9294

RGB percentages86.3%, 91.8%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(190.6, 32.1%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 7.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK7.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,478,061

CSS custom property--colour: #DCEAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.04:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#231512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D8EBEBno 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 text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 6.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5 White smoke · ΔE 7 Azure · ΔE 7.3 Ghost white · ΔE 8 Light cyan · ΔE 8.5

Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EDDFDC

Analogous#DCEDE8, #DCE2ED

Triadic#EDDCEA, #EAEDDC

Split complementary#EDDCE2, #EDE8DC

Tetradic#E8DCED, #EDDFDC, #E2EDDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFE

Darker −10%#BAD6DC

Darker −20%#99C2CA

Darker −30%#77ADB9

Darker −40%#5699A7

More saturated +25%#D5EEF4

Less saturated −25%#E3E6E6

Channel breakdown

R220

G234

B237

Red220 (86.3%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue190.59°

Saturation (HSL)32.08%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G EA · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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