Recognised as Colour

#DBEDEC

#DBEDEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Azure

#DBEDEC is a cyan with RGB values 219, 237, 236 and HSL 177°, 33%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#DBEDEC#DBEDEC

HEX#DBEDEC

RGBrgb(219, 237, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.9294, 0.9255

RGB percentages85.9%, 92.9%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(176.7, 33.3%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 7.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK7.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,413,292

CSS custom property--colour: #DBEDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81685WCAG 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 17.34:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#241213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBEBECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7E8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D6EEEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 6.6 Light cyan · ΔE 6.9 Alice blue · ΔE 7.2 White smoke · ΔE 7.5 Mint cream · ΔE 7.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 7.8

Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDDBDC

Analogous#DBEDE3, #DBE5ED

Triadic#ECDBED, #EDECDB

Split complementary#EDDBE5, #EDE3DB

Tetradic#E3DBED, #EDDBDC, #E5EDDB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFEFE

Darker −10%#B9DCDA

Darker −20%#97CBC8

Darker −30%#75BAB6

Darker −40%#54A8A3

More saturated +25%#D4F4F2

Less saturated −25%#E2E6E6

Channel breakdown

R219

G237

B236

Red219 (85.9%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue176.67°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness89.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DB · G ED · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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