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Colour

#DCEBE7

  • #DCEBE7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCEBE7 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 235, 231 and HSL 164°, 27%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DCEBE7#DCEBE7
HEX#DCEBE7
RGBrgb(220, 235, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9216, 0.9059
RGB percentages86.3%, 92.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(164, 27.3%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164, 6.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK6.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,478,311
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEBE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.08:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#231418

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE9E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E7E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D9ECEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text17.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7Azure · ΔE 7.4White smoke · ΔE 7.4Mint cream · ΔE 7.5Light cyan · ΔE 8.2Alice blue · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDCE0
Analogous#DCEBE0, #DCE8EB
Triadic#E7DCEB, #EBE7DC
Split complementary#EBDCE8, #EBE0DC
Tetradic#E0DCEB, #EBDCE0, #E8EBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFEFD
Darker −10%#BCD8D1
Darker −20%#9BC6BA
Darker −30%#7BB3A4
Darker −40%#5BA08D
More saturated +25%#D5F2EA
Less saturated −25%#E3E4E4

Channel breakdown

R220
G235
B231
Red220 (86.3%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue164°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G EB · B E7

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