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Recognised as Colour

#DEE9E4

  • #DEE9E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DEE9E4 is a cyan with RGB values 222, 233, 228 and HSL 153°, 20%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DEE9E4#DEE9E4
HEX#DEE9E4
RGBrgb(222, 233, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9137, 0.8941
RGB percentages87.1%, 91.4%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(152.7, 20%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 4.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK4.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,608,868
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE9E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.88:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#21161B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E7E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6E6E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DCE9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6White smoke · ΔE 7Mint cream · ΔE 7.7Azure · ΔE 8Light grey · ΔE 8.3Alice blue · ΔE 8.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9DEE3
Analogous#DEE9DF, #DEE9E9
Triadic#E4DEE9, #E9E4DE
Split complementary#E9DEE9, #E9DFDE
Tetradic#DFDEE9, #E9DEE3, #E8E9DE

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%#BFD5CB
Darker −20%#A1C0B2
Darker −30%#82AC99
Darker −40%#649780
More saturated +25%#D7F0E5
Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R222
G233
B228
Red222 (87.1%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue152.73°
Saturation (HSL)20%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G E9 · B E4

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