Recognised as Colour

#DEE6EA

#DEE6EA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEE6EA is a blue with RGB values 222, 230, 234 and HSL 200°, 22%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

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HEX#DEE6EA

RGBrgb(222, 230, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.902, 0.9176

RGB percentages87.1%, 90.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(200, 22.2%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(200, 5.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK5.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,608,106

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78064WCAG 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 16.61:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#211915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DBE7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.6 Alice blue · ΔE 6.5 White smoke · ΔE 6.7 Light grey · ΔE 7.1 Ghost white · ΔE 7.7 Azure · ΔE 8.7

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.61, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EAE2DE

Analogous#DEEAE8, #DEE0EA

Triadic#EADEE6, #E6EADE

Split complementary#EADEE0, #EAE8DE

Tetradic#E8DEEA, #EAE2DE, #E0EADE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFEFE

Darker −10%#BFCED6

Darker −20%#A0B7C2

Darker −30%#819FAE

Darker −40%#62879A

More saturated +25%#D7E8F1

Less saturated −25%#E4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R222

G230

B234

Red222 (87.1%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue200°

Saturation (HSL)22.22%

Lightness89.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G E6 · B EA

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