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Recognised as Colour

#CDE8E7

  • #CDE8E7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDE8E7 is a cyan with RGB values 205, 232, 231 and HSL 178°, 37%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CDE8E7#CDE8E7
HEX#CDE8E7
RGBrgb(205, 232, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9098, 0.9059
RGB percentages80.4%, 91%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(177.8, 37%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 11.6%, 91%)
CMYK11.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,494,503
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE8E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.29:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#321718

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E5E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE1E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C6EAE8no 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7Azure · ΔE 9.8Alice blue · ΔE 10.6Light grey · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8CDCE
Analogous#CDE8DA, #CDDCE8
Triadic#E7CDE8, #E8E7CD
Split complementary#E8CDDC, #E8DACD
Tetradic#DACDE8, #E8CDCE, #DCE8CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F8F8
Darker −10%#AAD8D6
Darker −20%#87C8C5
Darker −30%#64B8B5
Darker −40%#49A09C
More saturated +25%#C4F1EF
Less saturated −25%#D6DFDF

Channel breakdown

R205
G232
B231
Red205 (80.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue177.78°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G E8 · B E7

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