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Recognised as Colour

#CCDEE4

  • #CCDEE4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CCDEE4 is a cyan with RGB values 204, 222, 228 and HSL 195°, 31%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CCDEE4#CCDEE4
HEX#CCDEE4
RGBrgb(204, 222, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8706, 0.8941
RGB percentages80%, 87.1%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(195, 30.8%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 10.5%, 89.4%)
CMYK10.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,426,404
CSS custom property--colour: #CCDEE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#33211B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADDE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D9E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C6E0E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.9Light grey · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Alice blue · ΔE 10.5Lavender · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4D2CC
Analogous#CCE4DE, #CCD2E4
Triadic#E4CCDE, #DEE4CC
Split complementary#E4CCD2, #E4DECC
Tetradic#DECCE4, #E4D2CC, #D2E4CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF4F6
Darker −10%#ABC8D2
Darker −20%#89B3C1
Darker −30%#689DAF
Darker −40%#4F8495
More saturated +25%#C2E3EE
Less saturated −25%#D6D9DA

Channel breakdown

R204
G222
B228
Red204 (80%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G DE · B E4

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