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Recognised as Colour

#D9F8FF

  • #D9F8FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#D9F8FF is a cyan with RGB values 217, 248, 255 and HSL 191°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#D9F8FF#D9F8FF
HEX#D9F8FF
RGBrgb(217, 248, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.9725, 1
RGB percentages85.1%, 97.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(191.1, 100%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 14.9%, 100%)
CMYK14.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,285,055
CSS custom property--colour: #D9F8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness240 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.82:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#260700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2F5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECF0FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#CEFBFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 4.3Azure · ΔE 7.1Alice blue · ΔE 7.8Mint cream · ΔE 9.8Ghost white · ΔE 10.6White smoke · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 4.25, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE0D9
Analogous#D9FFF3, #D9E5FF
Triadic#FFD9F8, #F8FFD9
Split complementary#FFD9E5, #FFF3D9
Tetradic#F3D9FF, #FFE0D9, #E5FFD9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#A6EFFF
Darker −20%#73E5FF
Darker −30%#40DCFF
Darker −40%#0DD2FF
More saturated +25%#D9F8FF
Less saturated −25%#DEF5FA

Channel breakdown

R217
G248
B255
Red217 (85.1%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue191.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G F8 · B FF

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