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Recognised as Colour

#CCDED9

  • #CCDED9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CCDED9 is a cyan with RGB values 204, 222, 217 and HSL 163°, 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

#CCDED9#CCDED9
HEX#CCDED9
RGBrgb(204, 222, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8706, 0.851
RGB percentages80%, 87.1%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(163.3, 21.4%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 8.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK8.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,426,393
CSS custom property--colour: #CCDED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#332126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDCD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9D9D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#C8DFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 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 text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7Light grey · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.6White smoke · ΔE 11.8Light cyan · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECCD1
Analogous#CCDED0, #CCDADE
Triadic#D9CCDE, #DED9CC
Split complementary#DECCDA, #DED0CC
Tetradic#D0CCDE, #DECCD1, #DADECC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF2F0
Darker −10%#ADCAC2
Darker −20%#8EB6AB
Darker −30%#6FA294
Darker −40%#57877A
More saturated +25%#C2E9DE
Less saturated −25%#D5D5D5

Channel breakdown

R204
G222
B217
Red204 (80%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue163.33°
Saturation (HSL)21.43%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G DE · B D9

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