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Colour

#DEE4E5

  • #DEE4E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEE4E5 is a cyan with RGB values 222, 228, 229 and HSL 189°, 12%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DEE4E5#DEE4E5
HEX#DEE4E5
RGBrgb(222, 228, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8941, 0.898
RGB percentages87.1%, 89.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(188.6, 11.9%, 88.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 3.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK3.1%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,607,589
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE4E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.33:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#211B1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E3E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E2E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DCE5E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.2Light grey · ΔE 6White smoke · ΔE 6.7Alice blue · ΔE 7.7Ghost white · ΔE 8.5Azure · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.25, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5DFDE
Analogous#DEE5E3, #DEE0E5
Triadic#E5DEE4, #E4E5DE
Split complementary#E5DEE1, #E5E3DE
Tetradic#E3DEE5, #E5DFDE, #E0E5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFBFB
Darker −10%#C1CDCF
Darker −20%#A5B5B8
Darker −30%#889EA2
Darker −40%#6D868A
More saturated +25%#D7E9EC
Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R222
G228
B229
Red222 (87.1%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)11.86%
Lightness88.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E4 · B E5

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