Photo in the color Light cyan
Pictured: Light cyan, the closest color we have a photo of (#E0FFFF)
rgb(212, 241, 249)
#D4F1F9

Water #D4F1F9 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Water (#D4F1F9) is a slightly tinted white. In RGB it is made of 83% red, 95% green and 98% blue (R 212, G 241, B 249). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 193Β°, 76% saturation and 90% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.837, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 15% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Water color codes

#D4F1F9 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #D4F1F9 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(212, 241, 249) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(193, 76%, 90%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(193, 15%, 98%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(193 83% 2%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(15%, 3%, 0%, 2%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(93.96% 0.0322 216.17) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(93.96% -0.026 -0.019) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(93.21% -8.6 -7.24) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(93.21% 11.24 220.1) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.853 0.9416 0.972) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.757 0.8375 1.018) Valid CSS
Decimal 13955577 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.8375. Nearest web-safe color: #CCFFFF.

Mix Water with other colors

See what #D4F1F9 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

PaintWater and red paintOpen in the color mixer
LightWater and green lightOpen in the color mixer
PrintWater and cyan inkOpen in the color mixer
DigitalWater blended with blueOpen in the color mixer

Use Water in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

WhereCodeCopy
CSS variable--water: #D4F1F9;
Sass variable$water: #D4F1F9;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-water: #D4F1F9; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'water': '#D4F1F9' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.831, green: 0.945, blue: 0.976)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.831, green: 0.945, blue: 0.976, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="water">#FFD4F1F9</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFD4F1F9)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #D4F1F9 (17.75:1, AAA). Here is how #D4F1F9 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.18:1 on white
APCA Lc 9
Fails AATry #617B82
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
17.75:1 on black
APCA Lc -95
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Water

#D4F1F9 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#D4F1F9 has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

About the color Water

A pale blue with no clear origin

Water is a very pale cyan, #D4F1F9. The name comes from an open list of color names gathered online. We could not find who first paired it with this code. Wikipedia's alphabetical list shows the same code, so the HEX matches. Its link points to a Water section in the shades of cyan article, but that section does not exist, so no source stands behind it.

Real water does have a faint blue tint. As the color of water article explains, water soaks up a little red light, and this shows in deep pools. Close matches are light cyan and waterspout. With white the ratio is 1.18 to 1, so pair it with dark text.

Water in a user interface

A sample app screen with #D4F1F9 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #D4F1F9 as it is. On the light theme, #D4F1F9 is too hard to read as text (1.18:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #617B82 there (4.50:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Water

These schemes turn the hue of #D4F1F9 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette
this#D4F1F9#F9DCD4

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette
#D4F9EFthis#D4F1F9#D4DFF9

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette
this#D4F1F9#F9D4F1#F1F9D4

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette
this#D4F1F9#F9D4DF#F9EFD4

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette
this#D4F1F9#DCD4F9#F9DCD4#F1F9D4

Square

Four hues 90Β° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette
this#D4F1F9#EFD4F9#F9DCD4#DFF9D4

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette
#0C495A#1784A2#2ABAE1#73D1EB#BCE9F6

Gradients with Water

Four CSS gradients made from #D4F1F9. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F7FCFE, #D4F1F9);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #D4F1F9, #3A4346);

Edit in the gradient generator

Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D4F9EF, #D4F1F9, #D4DFF9);

Edit in the gradient generator

Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D4F1F9, #E8E3F5, #F9D4F1);

Edit in the gradient generator

Shades, tints and tones of Water

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Water sits at step 100. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    EFF9FC
  2. 100
    D4F1F9
  3. 200
    CDDEE3
  4. 300
    AFC6CC
  5. 400
    8EA8AF
  6. 500
    718B93
  7. 600
    577178
  8. 700
    435A60
  9. 800
    33464B
  10. 900
    253337
  11. 950
    171E20

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #D4F1F9 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

RAL ClassicRAL 9001 Cream#EFEBDC, very close (Ξ”E 4.6)Tailwind CSSsky-100 #E0F2FE, nearly the same (Ξ”E 1.7)CSS color nameslavender #E6E6FA, very close (Ξ”E 3.5)

Ξ”E is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (Ξ”E in OKLab). Browse all shades of white or search the color library.