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Recognised as Colour

#DCEFE9

  • #DCEFE9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Azure

#DCEFE9 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 239, 233 and HSL 161°, 37%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#DCEFE9#DCEFE9
HEX#DCEFE9
RGBrgb(220, 239, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9373, 0.9137
RGB percentages86.3%, 93.7%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(161.1, 37.3%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.1, 7.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,479,337
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEFE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.57:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#231016

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDECE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAEAE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D8F0EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 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 text17.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 6.9Light cyan · ΔE 6.9Mint cream · ΔE 7Honeydew · ΔE 7.3White smoke · ΔE 8.2Alice blue · ΔE 8.9
Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDCE2
Analogous#DCEFE0, #DCECEF
Triadic#E9DCEF, #EFE9DC
Split complementary#EFDCEC, #EFE0DC
Tetradic#E0DCEF, #EFDCE2, #ECEFDC

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%#B9DFD3
Darker −20%#96CFBD
Darker −30%#73BFA7
Darker −40%#50AF91
More saturated +25%#D6F5EB
Less saturated −25%#E2E9E7

Channel breakdown

R220
G239
B233
Red220 (86.3%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue161.05°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness90%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G EF · B E9

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