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Recognised as Colour

#CDE6E0

  • #CDE6E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDE6E0 is a cyan with RGB values 205, 230, 224 and HSL 166°, 33%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CDE6E0#CDE6E0
HEX#CDE6E0
RGBrgb(205, 230, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.902, 0.8784
RGB percentages80.4%, 90.2%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(165.6, 33.3%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.6, 10.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK10.9%, 0%, 2.6%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,493,984
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE6E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.99:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#32191F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFDFE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C7E7E4no 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 text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 9.2Gainsboro · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light grey · ΔE 10.5Azure · ΔE 10.7Honeydew · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 9.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6CDD3
Analogous#CDE6D4, #CDE0E6
Triadic#E0CDE6, #E6E0CD
Split complementary#E6CDE0, #E6D4CD
Tetradic#D4CDE6, #E6CDD3, #E0E6CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF7F5
Darker −10%#ABD5CB
Darker −20%#89C4B6
Darker −30%#67B3A1
Darker −40%#4D9A88
More saturated +25%#C4EFE5
Less saturated −25%#D6DDDB

Channel breakdown

R205
G230
B224
Red205 (80.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue165.6°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G E6 · B E0

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