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Recognised as Colour

#DDEAE4

  • #DDEAE4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DDEAE4 is a cyan with RGB values 221, 234, 228 and HSL 152°, 24%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DDEAE4#DDEAE4
HEX#DDEAE4
RGBrgb(221, 234, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9176, 0.8941
RGB percentages86.7%, 91.8%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(152.3, 23.6%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.3, 5.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK5.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,543,588
CSS custom property--colour: #DDEAE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.5 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#22151B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E8E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E6E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DBEAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 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

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.8White smoke · ΔE 7.5Mint cream · ΔE 7.7Azure · ΔE 8Honeydew · ΔE 8.3Alice blue · ΔE 8.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADDE3
Analogous#DDEADE, #DDE9EA
Triadic#E4DDEA, #EAE4DD
Split complementary#EADDEA, #EADEDD
Tetradic#DEDDEA, #EADDE3, #E9EADD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFDFD
Darker −10%#BDD7CB
Darker −20%#9EC3B2
Darker −30%#7EB099
Darker −40%#609B80
More saturated +25%#D6F1E5
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R221
G234
B228
Red221 (86.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue152.31°
Saturation (HSL)23.64%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G EA · B E4

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