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Recognised as Colour

#CDE9E5

  • #CDE9E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDE9E5 is a cyan with RGB values 205, 233, 229 and HSL 171°, 39%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CDE9E5#CDE9E5
HEX#CDE9E5
RGBrgb(205, 233, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9137, 0.898
RGB percentages80.4%, 91.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(171.4, 38.9%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 12%, 91.4%)
CMYK12%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,494,757
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.38:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#32161A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E6E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E1E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C6EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 9Azure · ΔE 10Gainsboro · ΔE 10.3Mint cream · ΔE 10.9Honeydew · 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#E9CDD1
Analogous#CDE9D7, #CDDFE9
Triadic#E5CDE9, #E9E5CD
Split complementary#E9CDDF, #E9D7CD
Tetradic#D7CDE9, #E9CDD1, #DFE9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F9F7
Darker −10%#AAD9D3
Darker −20%#86CAC0
Darker −30%#63BAAE
Darker −40%#48A396
More saturated +25%#C4F2EB
Less saturated −25%#D6E0DF

Channel breakdown

R205
G233
B229
Red205 (80.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)38.89%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G E9 · B E5

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