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Recognised as Colour

#DEE1E9

  • #DEE1E9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEE1E9 is a blue with RGB values 222, 225, 233 and HSL 224°, 20%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DEE1E9#DEE1E9
HEX#DEE1E9
RGBrgb(222, 225, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8824, 0.9137
RGB percentages87.1%, 88.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(223.6, 20%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 4.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK4.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,606,825
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE1E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.05:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#211E16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE1E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original
Tritanopia#DCE2E3no 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 text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.6Light grey · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 6.7Alice blue · ΔE 7.9White smoke · ΔE 8.2Ghost white · ΔE 8.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.62, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E6DE
Analogous#DEE6E9, #E1DEE9
Triadic#E9DEE1, #E1E9DE
Split complementary#E9E1DE, #E6E9DE
Tetradic#E9DEE6, #E9E6DE, #DEE9E1

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%#BFC5D5
Darker −20%#A1A9C0
Darker −30%#828EAC
Darker −40%#647297
More saturated +25%#D7DEF0
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R222
G225
B233
Red222 (87.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E1 · B E9

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