Colour

#DFE9ED

#DFE9ED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFE9ED is a cyan with RGB values 223, 233, 237 and HSL 197°, 28%, 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

#DFE9ED#DFE9ED

HEX#DFE9ED

RGBrgb(223, 233, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9137, 0.9294

RGB percentages87.5%, 91.4%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(197.1, 28%, 90.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 5.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK5.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,674,413

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE9ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#201612

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DCEAEAno 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 text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.6 Alice blue · ΔE 5.7 White smoke · ΔE 6.3 Ghost white · ΔE 7.2 Azure · ΔE 7.7 Light grey · ΔE 8.2

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDE3DF

Analogous#DFEDEA, #DFE2ED

Triadic#EDDFE9, #E9EDDF

Split complementary#EDDFE2, #EDEADF

Tetradic#EADFED, #EDE3DF, #E2EDDF

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%#BED3DB

Darker −20%#9EBCC8

Darker −30%#7DA6B6

Darker −40%#5C8FA4

More saturated +25%#D9ECF3

Less saturated −25%#E5E6E7

Channel breakdown

R223

G233

B237

Red223 (87.5%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue197.14°

Saturation (HSL)28%

Lightness90.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E9 · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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