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Recognised as Colour

#CDE7E6

  • #CDE7E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDE7E6 is a cyan with RGB values 205, 231, 230 and HSL 178°, 35%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CDE7E6#CDE7E6
HEX#CDE7E6
RGBrgb(205, 231, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9059, 0.902
RGB percentages80.4%, 90.6%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(177.7, 35.1%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 11.3%, 90.6%)
CMYK11.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,494,246
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE7E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#321819

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E4E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE0E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C6E9E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 8.6Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3Azure · ΔE 9.9Light grey · ΔE 10.4Alice blue · ΔE 10.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7CDCE
Analogous#CDE7D9, #CDDBE7
Triadic#E6CDE7, #E7E6CD
Split complementary#E7CDDB, #E7D9CD
Tetradic#D9CDE7, #E7CDCE, #DBE7CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF8F7
Darker −10%#ABD6D5
Darker −20%#88C6C4
Darker −30%#66B5B2
Darker −40%#4B9D9A
More saturated +25%#C4F0EF
Less saturated −25%#D6DEDD

Channel breakdown

R205
G231
B230
Red205 (80.4%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue177.69°
Saturation (HSL)35.14%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G E7 · B E6

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