#DCE4E9#DCE4E9

#DCE4E9 is a very light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.011 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE4E9
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 23%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(203, 6%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -1.74, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 3.78, 242.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0063 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.011 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.9637, 76.5851, 88.0661)
Luminance	0.7659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE4E9 #E9E1DC

analogous

#DCE9E8 #DCE4E9 #DCDEE9

triadic

#DCE4E9 #E9DCE4 #E4E9DC

tetradic

#DCE4E9 #E8DCE9 #E9E1DC #DEE9DC

square

#DCE4E9 #E8DCE9 #E9E1DC #DEE9DC

split-complementary

#DCE4E9 #E9DCDE #E9E8DC

monochromatic

#91AABA #B6C7D1 #DCE4E9 #ECF1F3 #ECF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DCE4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#DCE4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE4E9

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE4E9	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0E2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9E5E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.011 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ecf0',
    500: '#dce4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce4e9;
$custom-light: #e6ecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 88.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91424,
    "c": 0.011,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE4E9

secondary

#C0B2A9

accent

#6844A1

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FCFDFE

border

#D5D5D6

text

#161616

muted

#848485

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE4E9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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