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Recognised as Colour

#CCE5DC

  • #CCE5DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CCE5DC is a cyan with RGB values 204, 229, 220 and HSL 158°, 32%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CCE5DC#CCE5DC
HEX#CCE5DC
RGBrgb(204, 229, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.898, 0.8627
RGB percentages80%, 89.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(158.4, 32.5%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.4, 10.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK10.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,428,188
CSS custom property--colour: #CCE5DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#331A23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E1DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C7E6E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1Light cyan · ΔE 10.2Honeydew · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Light grey · ΔE 11Azure · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 10.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5CCD5
Analogous#CCE5D0, #CCE2E5
Triadic#DCCCE5, #E5DCCC
Split complementary#E5CCE2, #E5D0CC
Tetradic#D0CCE5, #E5CCD5, #E2E5CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF6F3
Darker −10%#AAD4C5
Darker −20%#88C3AE
Darker −30%#67B196
Darker −40%#4D987D
More saturated +25%#C2EFDF
Less saturated −25%#D6DBD9

Channel breakdown

R204
G229
B220
Red204 (80%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue158.4°
Saturation (HSL)32.47%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G E5 · B DC

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