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Recognised as Colour

#CDECEA

  • #CDECEA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CDECEA is a cyan with RGB values 205, 236, 234 and HSL 176°, 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

#CDECEA#CDECEA
HEX#CDECEA
RGBrgb(205, 236, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9255, 0.9176
RGB percentages80.4%, 92.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(176.1, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,495,530
CSS custom property--colour: #CDECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#321315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E9EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C4EEEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 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 text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 6.8Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Azure · ΔE 9.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.1Mint cream · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCDCF
Analogous#CDECDB, #CDDFEC
Triadic#EACDEC, #ECEACD
Split complementary#ECCDDF, #ECDBCD
Tetradic#DACDEC, #ECCDCF, #DFECCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2FAFA
Darker −10%#A8DEDA
Darker −20%#83D0CB
Darker −30%#5EC2BB
Darker −40%#41ACA5
More saturated +25%#C4F5F2
Less saturated −25%#D6E3E2

Channel breakdown

R205
G236
B234
Red205 (80.4%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue176.13°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CD · G EC · B EA

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