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Recognised as Colour

#CDEAED

  • #CDEAED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDEAED is a cyan with RGB values 205, 234, 237 and HSL 186°, 47%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CDEAED#CDEAED
HEX#CDEAED
RGBrgb(205, 234, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9176, 0.9294
RGB percentages80.4%, 91.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(185.6, 47.1%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 13.5%, 92.9%)
CMYK13.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,495,021
CSS custom property--colour: #CDEAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.59:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#321512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE3EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C4EDEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 7.3Powder blue · ΔE 7.7Azure · ΔE 9.6Alice blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 9.9Gainsboro · ΔE 10.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD0CD
Analogous#CDEDE0, #CDDAED
Triadic#EDCDEA, #EAEDCD
Split complementary#EDCDDA, #EDE0CD
Tetradic#E0CDED, #EDD0CD, #DAEDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3FAFB
Darker −10%#A8DAE0
Darker −20%#82CBD2
Darker −30%#5DBBC5
Darker −40%#3FA5AF
More saturated +25%#C5F1F6
Less saturated −25%#D6E3E5

Channel breakdown

R205
G234
B237
Red205 (80.4%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue185.63°
Saturation (HSL)47.06%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G EA · B ED

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