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Recognised as Colour

#CCE5DF

  • #CCE5DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CCE5DF is a cyan with RGB values 204, 229, 223 and HSL 166°, 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

#CCE5DF#CCE5DF
HEX#CCE5DF
RGBrgb(204, 229, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.898, 0.8745
RGB percentages80%, 89.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(165.6, 32.5%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.6, 10.9%, 89.8%)
CMYK10.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,428,191
CSS custom property--colour: #CCE5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#331A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E2DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDEDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C6E6E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 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 text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 9.5Light cyan · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Light grey · ΔE 10.4Azure · ΔE 11Honeydew · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5CCD2
Analogous#CCE5D3, #CCDFE5
Triadic#DFCCE5, #E5DFCC
Split complementary#E5CCDF, #E5D3CC
Tetradic#D3CCE5, #E5CCD2, #DFE5CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF6F4
Darker −10%#AAD4CA
Darker −20%#88C3B5
Darker −30%#67B19F
Darker −40%#4D9886
More saturated +25%#C2EFE4
Less saturated −25%#D6DBDA

Channel breakdown

R204
G229
B223
Red204 (80%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue165.6°
Saturation (HSL)32.47%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G E5 · B DF

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