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Recognised as Colour

#DCF5F8

  • #DCF5F8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DCF5F8 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 245, 248 and HSL 186°, 67%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DCF5F8#DCF5F8
HEX#DCF5F8
RGBrgb(220, 245, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9608, 0.9725
RGB percentages86.3%, 96.1%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(186.4, 66.7%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 11.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK11.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,480,888
CSS custom property--colour: #DCF5F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.46:1
Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#230A07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1F3F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBEEF8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D4F7F6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 3.9Azure · ΔE 5.5Alice blue · ΔE 6.6Mint cream · ΔE 7.7White smoke · ΔE 8.8Ghost white · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 3.94, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8DFDC
Analogous#DCF8ED, #DCE7F8
Triadic#F8DCF5, #F5F8DC
Split complementary#F8DCE7, #F8EDDC
Tetradic#EDDCF8, #F8DFDC, #E7F8DC

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%#B2E9F0
Darker −20%#87DDE7
Darker −30%#5DD1DF
Darker −40%#32C4D6
More saturated +25%#D7F9FD
Less saturated −25%#E1F1F3

Channel breakdown

R220
G245
B248
Red220 (86.3%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue186.43°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G F5 · B F8

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