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Recognised as Colour

#DDE9CE

  • #DDE9CE
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#DDE9CE is a green with RGB values 221, 233, 206 and HSL 87°, 38%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#DDE9CE#DDE9CE
HEX#DDE9CE
RGBrgb(221, 233, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9137, 0.8078
RGB percentages86.7%, 91.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(86.7, 38%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86.7, 11.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 11.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,543,310
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.62:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#221631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECE5CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAE5CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DFE6E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 6.8Cornsilk · ΔE 9.6Light yellow · ΔE 9.7Honeydew · ΔE 10Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.2Antique white · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACEE9
Analogous#E9E7CE, #D0E9CE
Triadic#CEDDE9, #E9CEDD
Split complementary#CED0E9, #E7CEE9
Tetradic#CEE9E7, #DACEE9, #E9CED0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F9F1
Darker −10%#C5D9AB
Darker −20%#ACC988
Darker −30%#94BA64
Darker −40%#7AA249
More saturated +25%#DEF2C5
Less saturated −25%#DCE0D7

Channel breakdown

R221
G233
B206
Red221 (86.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue86.67°
Saturation (HSL)38.03%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G E9 · B CE

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