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Recognised as Colour

#CDECE9

  • #CDECE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDECE9 is a cyan with RGB values 205, 236, 233 and HSL 174°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CDECE9#CDECE9
HEX#CDECE9
RGBrgb(205, 236, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9255, 0.9137
RGB percentages80.4%, 92.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(174.2, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,495,529
CSS custom property--colour: #CDECE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78853WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.77:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#321316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E8E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C5EEEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.6Azure · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.1Mint cream · ΔE 10.8Honeydew · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCDD0
Analogous#CDECD9, #CDE0EC
Triadic#E9CDEC, #ECE9CD
Split complementary#ECCDE0, #ECD9CD
Tetradic#DACDEC, #ECCDD0, #E0ECCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2FAF9
Darker −10%#A8DED9
Darker −20%#83D0C8
Darker −30%#5EC2B8
Darker −40%#41ACA1
More saturated +25%#C4F5F0
Less saturated −25%#D6E3E2

Channel breakdown

R205
G236
B233
Red205 (80.4%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue174.19°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G EC · B E9

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