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Recognised as Colour

#DFE5E5

  • #DFE5E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE5E5 is a cyan with RGB values 223, 229, 229 and HSL 180°, 10%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DFE5E5#DFE5E5
HEX#DFE5E5
RGBrgb(223, 229, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.898, 0.898
RGB percentages87.5%, 89.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(180, 10.3%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 2.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK2.6%, 0%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,673,381
CSS custom property--colour: #DFE5E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.48:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#201A1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DDE5E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.5Light grey · ΔE 6.3White smoke · ΔE 6.4Alice blue · ΔE 7.6Ghost white · ΔE 8.4Azure · ΔE 9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.46, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5DFDF
Analogous#DFE5E2, #DFE2E5
Triadic#E5DFE5, #E5E5DF
Split complementary#E5DFE2, #E5E2DF
Tetradic#E2DFE5, #E5DFDF, #E2E5DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFCFC
Darker −10%#C3CECE
Darker −20%#A7B7B7
Darker −30%#8BA0A0
Darker −40%#6F8989
More saturated +25%#D8ECEC
Less saturated −25%#E2E2E2

Channel breakdown

R223
G229
B229
Red223 (87.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)10.34%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR DF · G E5 · B E5

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