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Recognised as Colour

#DCF8ED

  • #DCF8ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#DCF8ED is a cyan with RGB values 220, 248, 237 and HSL 156°, 67%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Honeydew.

Colour values

#DCF8ED#DCF8ED
HEX#DCF8ED
RGBrgb(220, 248, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9725, 0.9294
RGB percentages86.3%, 97.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(156.4, 66.7%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.4, 11.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK11.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,481,645
CSS custom property--colour: #DCF8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.69:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F1F1F1
Inverted#230712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6F4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1F0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D6F8F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 5.8Light cyan · ΔE 6.2Mint cream · ΔE 8Azure · ΔE 8.2Ivory · ΔE 10.8White smoke · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8DCE7
Analogous#DCF8DF, #DCF5F8
Triadic#EDDCF8, #F8EDDC
Split complementary#F8DCF5, #F8DFDC
Tetradic#DFDCF8, #F8DCE7, #F5F8DC

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%#B2F0D7
Darker −20%#87E7C1
Darker −30%#5DDFAB
Darker −40%#32D696
More saturated +25%#D7FDEE
Less saturated −25%#E1F3EC

Channel breakdown

R220
G248
B237
Red220 (86.3%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue156.43°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G F8 · B ED

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