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Recognised as Colour

#DCF0ED

  • #DCF0ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DCF0ED is a cyan with RGB values 220, 240, 237 and HSL 171°, 40%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DCF0ED#DCF0ED
HEX#DCF0ED
RGBrgb(220, 240, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9412, 0.9294
RGB percentages86.3%, 94.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(171, 40%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 8.3%, 94.1%)
CMYK8.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,479,597
CSS custom property--colour: #DCF0ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.73:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#230F12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEEEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAEAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D7F1EFno 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 text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 6Azure · ΔE 6.1Mint cream · ΔE 6.9Alice blue · ΔE 7.8White smoke · ΔE 7.9Honeydew · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0DCDF
Analogous#DCF0E3, #DCE9F0
Triadic#EDDCF0, #F0EDDC
Split complementary#F0DCE9, #F0E3DC
Tetradic#E3DCF0, #F0DCDF, #E9F0DC

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%#B8E1DB
Darker −20%#95D1C8
Darker −30%#71C2B6
Darker −40%#4DB3A4
More saturated +25%#D6F6F1
Less saturated −25%#E2EAE9

Channel breakdown

R220
G240
B237
Red220 (86.3%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue171°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G F0 · B ED

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