Colour

#DFE9EA

#DFE9EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE9EA is a cyan with RGB values 223, 233, 234 and HSL 185°, 21%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DFE9EA#DFE9EA

HEX#DFE9EA

RGBrgb(223, 233, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9137, 0.9176

RGB percentages87.5%, 91.4%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(185.5, 20.8%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 4.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK4.7%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,674,410

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.98:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#201615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DCEAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.3 White smoke · ΔE 6 Alice blue · ΔE 6.4 Azure · ΔE 7.5 Ghost white · ΔE 7.7 Light grey · ΔE 7.9

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAE0DF

Analogous#DFEAE6, #DFE3EA

Triadic#EADFE9, #E9EADF

Split complementary#EADFE3, #EAE5DF

Tetradic#E6DFEA, #EAE0DF, #E4EADF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFE

Darker −10%#C0D4D6

Darker −20%#A1BFC2

Darker −30%#83A9AD

Darker −40%#649499

More saturated +25%#D8EEF1

Less saturated −25%#E4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R223

G233

B234

Red223 (87.5%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue185.45°

Saturation (HSL)20.75%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E9 · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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