Colour

#DAEFEC

#DAEFEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light cyan

#DAEFEC is a cyan with RGB values 218, 239, 236 and HSL 171°, 40%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DAEFEC#DAEFEC

HEX#DAEFEC

RGBrgb(218, 239, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.9373, 0.9255

RGB percentages85.5%, 93.7%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(171.4, 39.6%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 8.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK8.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,348,268

CSS custom property--colour: #DAEFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.54:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#251013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDECECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8E9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D5F0EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 6.1 Azure · ΔE 6.6 Mint cream · ΔE 7.4 Alice blue · ΔE 8.2 White smoke · ΔE 8.3 Honeydew · ΔE 8.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFDADD

Analogous#DAEFE1, #DAE7EF

Triadic#ECDAEF, #EFECDA

Split complementary#EFDAE7, #EFE1DA

Tetradic#E1DAEF, #EFDADD, #E7EFDA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFE

Darker −10%#B6E0DA

Darker −20%#93D0C7

Darker −30%#6FC1B5

Darker −40%#4CB1A2

More saturated +25%#D3F6F1

Less saturated −25%#E1E8E7

Channel breakdown

R218

G239

B236

Red218 (85.5%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue171.43°

Saturation (HSL)39.62%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DA · G EF · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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