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Colour

#DFE7E9

  • #DFE7E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE7E9 is a cyan with RGB values 223, 231, 233 and HSL 192°, 19%, 89%. 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

#DFE7E9#DFE7E9
HEX#DFE7E9
RGBrgb(223, 231, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9059, 0.9137
RGB percentages87.5%, 90.6%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(192, 18.5%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 4.3%, 91.4%)
CMYK4.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,673,897
CSS custom property--colour: #DFE7E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#201816

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E6E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DDE8E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.5White smoke · ΔE 6.2Alice blue · ΔE 6.6Light grey · ΔE 7.2Ghost white · ΔE 7.7Azure · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.48, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E1DF
Analogous#DFE9E6, #DFE2E9
Triadic#E9DFE7, #E7E9DF
Split complementary#E9DFE2, #E9E6DF
Tetradic#E6DFE9, #E9E1DF, #E2E9DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFEFE
Darker −10%#C1D0D4
Darker −20%#A3BABF
Darker −30%#84A3AB
Darker −40%#678C95
More saturated +25%#D8EBF0
Less saturated −25%#E4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R223
G231
B233
Red223 (87.5%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)18.52%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G E7 · B E9

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