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Colour

#DDE8E8

  • #DDE8E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DDE8E8 is a cyan with RGB values 221, 232, 232 and HSL 180°, 19%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DDE8E8#DDE8E8
HEX#DDE8E8
RGBrgb(221, 232, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9098, 0.9098
RGB percentages86.7%, 91%, 91%
HSLhsl(180, 19.3%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 4.7%, 91%)
CMYK4.7%, 0%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,543,080
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE8E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#221717

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E7E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E5E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DAE9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 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 text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2White smoke · ΔE 6.6Alice blue · ΔE 7.1Light grey · ΔE 7.7Azure · ΔE 7.8Mint cream · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8DDDD
Analogous#DDE8E3, #DDE3E8
Triadic#E8DDE8, #E8E8DD
Split complementary#E8DDE3, #E8E3DD
Tetradic#E3DDE8, #E8DDDD, #E3E8DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFDFD
Darker −10%#BFD3D3
Darker −20%#A0BFBF
Darker −30%#82AAAA
Darker −40%#649595
More saturated +25%#D6EFEF
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R221
G232
B232
Red221 (86.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)19.3%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR DD · G E8 · B E8

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