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Recognised as Colour

#CCDED6

  • #CCDED6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CCDED6 is a cyan with RGB values 204, 222, 214 and HSL 153°, 21%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CCDED6#CCDED6
HEX#CCDED6
RGBrgb(204, 222, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8706, 0.8392
RGB percentages80%, 87.1%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(153.3, 21.4%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.3, 8.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK8.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,426,390
CSS custom property--colour: #CCDED6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#332129

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDBD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9D9D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#C9DEDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 8.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.9Silver · ΔE 12.1Honeydew · ΔE 12.2White smoke · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECCD4
Analogous#CCDECD, #CCDDDE
Triadic#D6CCDE, #DED6CC
Split complementary#DECCDD, #DECDCC
Tetradic#CDCCDE, #DECCD4, #DDDECC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF2EF
Darker −10%#ADCABD
Darker −20%#8EB6A4
Darker −30%#6FA28B
Darker −40%#578772
More saturated +25%#C2E9D7
Less saturated −25%#D5D5D5

Channel breakdown

R204
G222
B214
Red204 (80%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue153.33°
Saturation (HSL)21.43%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G DE · B D6

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