#dfe8ec

Color #dfe8ec

A muted very light cyan.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.24 Nearest Tailwind class mist-200 #e3e7e8 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#dfe8ec

RGB

rgb(223, 232, 236)

HSL

hsl(198.5, 25.5%, 90%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.5, 5.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.44, -2.25, -2.98)

LCH

lch(91.44, 3.73, 232.95)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0111, 226.09)

HWB

hwb(198.5, 87.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece3df

Analogous

#dfecea

#dfe8ec

#dfe1ec

Triadic

#dfe8ec

#ecdfe8

#e8ecdf

Split-complementary

#dfe8ec

#ecdfe1

#eceadf

Tetradic

#dfe8ec

#e3dfec

#ece3df

#e8ecdf

Square

#dfe8ec

#eadfec

#ece3df

#e1ecdf

Shades

Color #dfe8ec mixed toward black.

#afc5d0

#7fa3b3

#557e90

#395460

#1c2a30

Tints

Color #dfe8ec mixed toward white.

#e4ecef

#eaf0f2

#eff3f6

#f4f7f9

#fafbfc

Tones

Color #dfe8ec mixed toward gray.

#e0e8eb

#e1e7ea

#e2e7e9

#e3e6e8

#e4e6e7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3eb · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#e2e2eb · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#dfeaea · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 4.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dfe8ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dfe8ec]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#dfe8ec (#dfe8ec) is rgb(223, 232, 236) in RGB.

No, #dfe8ec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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