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Recognised as Colour

#D6EFED

  • #D6EFED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#D6EFED is a cyan with RGB values 214, 239, 237 and HSL 175°, 44%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#D6EFED#D6EFED
HEX#D6EFED
RGBrgb(214, 239, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.9373, 0.9294
RGB percentages83.9%, 93.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(175.2, 43.9%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.2, 10.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK10.5%, 0%, 0.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,086,125
CSS custom property--colour: #D6EFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.43:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#291012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECECEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E8EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CFF1EEno 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 text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 5.6Azure · ΔE 7.3Mint cream · ΔE 8.4Alice blue · ΔE 8.8Honeydew · ΔE 9.4White smoke · ΔE 9.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 5.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFD6D8
Analogous#D6EFE1, #D6E4EF
Triadic#EDD6EF, #EFEDD6
Split complementary#EFD6E4, #EFE1D6
Tetradic#E1D6EF, #EFD6D8, #E4EFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFDFD
Darker −10%#B1E1DD
Darker −20%#8DD2CD
Darker −30%#68C4BD
Darker −40%#46B3AA
More saturated +25%#CFF6F3
Less saturated −25%#DDE8E7

Channel breakdown

R214
G239
B237
Red214 (83.9%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue175.2°
Saturation (HSL)43.86%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D6 · G EF · B ED

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