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Colour

#DDE9EE

  • #DDE9EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DDE9EE is a cyan with RGB values 221, 233, 238 and HSL 198°, 33%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DDE9EE#DDE9EE
HEX#DDE9EE
RGBrgb(221, 233, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9137, 0.9333
RGB percentages86.7%, 91.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(197.6, 33.3%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 7.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK7.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,543,342
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79823WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.96:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#221611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D9EBEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.8Gainsboro · ΔE 6.2White smoke · ΔE 6.9Ghost white · ΔE 7.5Azure · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 8.6
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE2DD
Analogous#DDEEEB, #DDE0EE
Triadic#EEDDE9, #E9EEDD
Split complementary#EEDDE0, #EEEBDD
Tetradic#EBDDEE, #EEE2DD, #E1EEDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#BBD3DD
Darker −20%#99BDCC
Darker −30%#77A7BB
Darker −40%#5591AA
More saturated +25%#D7ECF4
Less saturated −25%#E3E6E8

Channel breakdown

R221
G233
B238
Red221 (86.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness90%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G E9 · B EE

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