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Recognised as Colour

#DCEBEB

  • #DCEBEB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DCEBEB is a cyan with RGB values 220, 235, 235 and HSL 180°, 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

#DCEBEB#DCEBEB
HEX#DCEBEB
RGBrgb(220, 235, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9216, 0.9216
RGB percentages86.3%, 92.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(180, 27.3%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 6.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK6.4%, 0%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,478,315
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEBEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.13:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#231414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E9EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D8ECEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 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 text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.7Alice blue · ΔE 6.8White smoke · ΔE 7Azure · ΔE 7Mint cream · ΔE 7.8Light cyan · ΔE 7.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDCDC
Analogous#DCEBE3, #DCE3EB
Triadic#EBDCEB, #EBEBDC
Split complementary#EBDCE3, #EBE3DC
Tetradic#E3DCEB, #EBDCDC, #E3EBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFEFE
Darker −10%#BCD8D8
Darker −20%#9BC6C6
Darker −30%#7BB3B3
Darker −40%#5BA0A0
More saturated +25%#D5F2F2
Less saturated −25%#E3E4E4

Channel breakdown

R220
G235
B235
Red220 (86.3%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR DC · G EB · B EB

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