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Recognised as Colour

#DDE9DD

  • #DDE9DD
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#DDE9DD is a green with RGB values 221, 233, 221 and HSL 120°, 21%, 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 Honeydew.

Colour values

#DDE9DD#DDE9DD
HEX#DDE9DD
RGBrgb(221, 233, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9137, 0.8667
RGB percentages86.7%, 91.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(120, 21.4%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 5.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 5.2%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,543,325
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE9DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.77:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#221622

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E5DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DCE8E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 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 text16.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 7.6Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3Mint cream · ΔE 8.8Linen · ΔE 9Beige · ΔE 9.2Old lace · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9DDE9
Analogous#E3E9DD, #DDE9E3
Triadic#DDDDE9, #E9DDDD
Split complementary#E3DDE9, #E9DDE3
Tetradic#DDE3E9, #E9DDE9, #E9E3DD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFC
Darker −10%#BED5BE
Darker −20%#9FC19F
Darker −30%#80AD80
Darker −40%#629862
More saturated +25%#D6F0D6
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R221
G233
B221
Red221 (86.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)21.43%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G E9 · B DD

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