Colour

#DAECED

#DAECED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Azure

#DAECED is a cyan with RGB values 218, 236, 237 and HSL 183°, 35%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#DAECED#DAECED

HEX#DAECED

RGBrgb(218, 236, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.9255, 0.9294

RGB percentages85.5%, 92.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(183.2, 34.5%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.2, 8%, 92.9%)

CMYK8%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,347,501

CSS custom property--colour: #DAECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.2:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#251312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EAEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D5EDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 6.9 Alice blue · ΔE 6.9 Light cyan · ΔE 7.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 7.6 White smoke · ΔE 7.7 Mint cream · ΔE 8.1

Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EDDBDA

Analogous#DAEDE4, #DAE3ED

Triadic#EDDAEC, #ECEDDA

Split complementary#EDDAE3, #EDE4DA

Tetradic#E4DAED, #EDDBDA, #E3EDDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFEFE

Darker −10%#B8DADC

Darker −20%#95C9CC

Darker −30%#73B7BB

Darker −40%#52A4A9

More saturated +25%#D3F2F4

Less saturated −25%#E1E6E6

Channel breakdown

R218

G236

B237

Red218 (85.5%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue183.16°

Saturation (HSL)34.55%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G EC · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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