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Recognised as Colour

#D8ECE5

  • #D8ECE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#D8ECE5 is a cyan with RGB values 216, 236, 229 and HSL 159°, 34%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#D8ECE5#D8ECE5
HEX#D8ECE5
RGBrgb(216, 236, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.9255, 0.898
RGB percentages84.7%, 92.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(159, 34.5%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159, 8.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK8.5%, 0%, 3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,216,421
CSS custom property--colour: #D8ECE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.05:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#27131A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBE9E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E6E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D4ECEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 7.8Honeydew · ΔE 8Azure · ΔE 8.2Mint cream · ΔE 8.2Gainsboro · ΔE 8.9White smoke · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 7.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECD8DF
Analogous#D8ECDB, #D8E9EC
Triadic#E5D8EC, #ECE5D8
Split complementary#ECD8E9, #ECDBD8
Tetradic#DBD8EC, #ECD8DF, #E9ECD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFDFC
Darker −10%#B6DBCE
Darker −20%#93CBB7
Darker −30%#71BAA0
Darker −40%#51A789
More saturated +25%#D1F3E7
Less saturated −25%#DFE5E3

Channel breakdown

R216
G236
B229
Red216 (84.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue159°
Saturation (HSL)34.48%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D8 · G EC · B E5

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