#D9E6E4

Closest named color: Pale Silver (#D8E2DC). oklch(91.5% 0.014 185.9), rgb(217, 230, 228).

Black text reads best on this color (16.38:1).

About this color

#D9E6E4 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 91%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Pale Silver (#D8E2DC), ΔE 0.013 away. Black text reads best on it, at 16.38:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (91%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Pale Silver (#D8E2DC)
Black text	16.38:1
White text	1.28:1

Values

HEX	#D9E6E4
RGB	rgb(217, 230, 228)
HSL	hsl(171, 21%, 88%)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.014 185.9)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #D9E6E4	1.28:1	Fails	Lc -16.1	Dividers and decoration only
Black text on #D9E6E4	16.38:1	AAA	Lc 89.6	Fine for body text
#D9E6E4 text on white	1.28:1	Fails	Lc 14.0	Not readable
#D9E6E4 text on black	16.38:1	AAA	Lc -89.9	Fine for body text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F6

oklch(97.2% 0.002 197.1)
Step 100
100 (this color)

#D9E6E4

oklch(91.5% 0.014 185.9)
Step 200
200

#D2DBDA

oklch(88.4% 0.01 189)
Step 300
300

#B4C5C2

oklch(81% 0.019 184.1)
Step 400
400

#8DA7A3

oklch(70.7% 0.029 185.2)
Step 500
500

#70918D

oklch(63% 0.037 187.1)
Step 600
600

#587B77

oklch(55.5% 0.04 187.3)
Step 700
700

#486864

oklch(49.1% 0.038 186.3)
Step 800
800

#3B5551

oklch(42.7% 0.032 184.3)
Step 900
900

#334643

oklch(37.7% 0.025 184.3)
Step 950
950

#1E2927

oklch(27% 0.016 182.8)

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#D9E6E4 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#E4E4E4	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#E2E2E4	0.015
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#D6E7E5	0.004
Achromatopsia (no color)	#E3E3E3	0.014

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #D9E6E4, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #D9E6E4 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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