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Recognised as Colour

#DFE5ED

  • #DFE5ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE5ED is a blue with RGB values 223, 229, 237 and HSL 214°, 28%, 90%. 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

#DFE5ED#DFE5ED
HEX#DFE5ED
RGBrgb(223, 229, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.898, 0.9294
RGB percentages87.5%, 89.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(214.3, 28%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 5.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK5.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,673,389
CSS custom property--colour: #DFE5ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.57:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#201A12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DCE7E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 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 text16.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.5Alice blue · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 6.7Ghost white · ΔE 7.4White smoke · ΔE 7.4Light grey · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE7DF
Analogous#DFECED, #E0DFED
Triadic#EDDFE5, #E5EDDF
Split complementary#EDE0DF, #ECEDDF
Tetradic#EDDFEC, #EDE7DF, #DFEDE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#BECADB
Darker −20%#9EB0C8
Darker −30%#7D95B6
Darker −40%#5C7BA4
More saturated +25%#D9E4F3
Less saturated −25%#E5E6E7

Channel breakdown

R223
G229
B237
Red223 (87.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue214.29°
Saturation (HSL)28%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G E5 · B ED

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