Recognised as Colour

#DFE6E6

#DFE6E6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE6E6 is a cyan with RGB values 223, 230, 230 and HSL 180°, 12%, 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

#DFE6E6#DFE6E6

HEX#DFE6E6

RGBrgb(223, 230, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.902, 0.902

RGB percentages87.5%, 90.2%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(180, 12.3%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 3%, 90.2%)

CMYK3%, 0%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,673,638

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE6E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.6:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#201919

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E5E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E4E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#DDE7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.2 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 text16.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 3.9 White smoke · ΔE 6.3 Light grey · ΔE 6.7 Alice blue · ΔE 7.3 Ghost white · ΔE 8.2 Azure · ΔE 8.6

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 3.9, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6DFDF

Analogous#DFE6E3, #DFE3E6

Triadic#E6DFE6, #E6E6DF

Split complementary#E6DFE3, #E6E3DF

Tetradic#E3DFE6, #E6DFDF, #E3E6DF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFCFC

Darker −10%#C2D0D0

Darker −20%#A6B9B9

Darker −30%#89A3A3

Darker −40%#6D8C8C

More saturated +25%#D8EDED

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E3

Channel breakdown

R223

G230

B230

Red223 (87.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)12.28%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR DF · G E6 · B E6

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