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Colour

#DCEDEB

  • #DCEDEB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Azure

#DCEDEB is a cyan with RGB values 220, 237, 235 and HSL 173°, 32%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#DCEDEB#DCEDEB
HEX#DCEDEB
RGBrgb(220, 237, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9294, 0.9216
RGB percentages86.3%, 92.9%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(172.9, 32.1%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 7.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK7.2%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,478,827
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.36:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#231214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBEBEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E8EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D8EEECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 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 text17.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 6.6Light cyan · ΔE 7.1Mint cream · ΔE 7.3White smoke · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 7.4Gainsboro · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDDCDE
Analogous#DCEDE3, #DCE7ED
Triadic#EBDCED, #EDEBDC
Split complementary#EDDCE7, #EDE3DC
Tetradic#E3DCED, #EDDCDE, #E7EDDC

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%#BADCD8
Darker −20%#99CAC5
Darker −30%#77B9B1
Darker −40%#56A79E
More saturated +25%#D5F4F0
Less saturated −25%#E3E6E6

Channel breakdown

R220
G237
B235
Red220 (86.3%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue172.94°
Saturation (HSL)32.08%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G ED · B EB

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