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Recognised as Colour

#DFEBE9

  • #DFEBE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DFEBE9 is a cyan with RGB values 223, 235, 233 and HSL 170°, 23%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DFEBE9#DFEBE9
HEX#DFEBE9
RGBrgb(223, 235, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9216, 0.9137
RGB percentages87.5%, 92.2%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(170, 23.1%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 5.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK5.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,674,921
CSS custom property--colour: #DFEBE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.2:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#201416

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE9E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E8E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DCECEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.2White smoke · ΔE 6.2Azure · ΔE 6.9Alice blue · ΔE 7Mint cream · ΔE 7.2Ghost white · ΔE 8.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDFE1
Analogous#DFEBE3, #DFE7EB
Triadic#E9DFEB, #EBE9DF
Split complementary#EBDFE7, #EBE3DF
Tetradic#E3DFEB, #EBDFE1, #E7EBDF

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%#C0D7D3
Darker −20%#A0C4BE
Darker −30%#81B0A8
Darker −40%#629C93
More saturated +25%#D8F1ED
Less saturated −25%#E5E5E5

Channel breakdown

R223
G235
B233
Red223 (87.5%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)23.08%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DF · G EB · B E9

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