Recognised as Colour

#DFE6EB

#DFE6EB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE6EB is a blue with RGB values 223, 230, 235 and HSL 205°, 23%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DFE6EB#DFE6EB

HEX#DFE6EB

RGBrgb(223, 230, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.902, 0.9216

RGB percentages87.5%, 90.2%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(205, 23.1%, 89.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205, 5.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK5.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,673,643

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.66:1

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

Contrast with black16.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#201914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E6EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2E4EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DCE7E8no 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 text16.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.7 Alice blue · ΔE 6.4 White smoke · ΔE 6.6 Light grey · ΔE 7.3 Ghost white · ΔE 7.3 Lavender · ΔE 8.3

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.73, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBE4DF

Analogous#DFEBEA, #DFE0EB

Triadic#EBDFE6, #E6EBDF

Split complementary#EBDFE0, #EBEADF

Tetradic#EADFEB, #EBE4DF, #E0EBDF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFFFF

Darker −10%#C0CDD7

Darker −20%#A0B5C4

Darker −30%#819CB0

Darker −40%#62849C

More saturated +25%#D8E7F1

Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R223

G230

B235

Red223 (87.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue205°

Saturation (HSL)23.08%

Lightness89.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E6 · B EB

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