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Recognised as Colour

#DCF8FE

  • #DCF8FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DCF8FE is a cyan with RGB values 220, 248, 254 and HSL 191°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DCF8FE#DCF8FE
HEX#DCF8FE
RGBrgb(220, 248, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9725, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.3%, 97.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(190.6, 94.4%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 13.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK13.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,481,662
CSS custom property--colour: #DCF8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness240.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.9:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#230701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F6FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDF1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#D3FBFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 3.9Azure · ΔE 6.1Alice blue · ΔE 6.9Mint cream · ΔE 8.8Ghost white · ΔE 9.7White smoke · ΔE 9.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 3.9, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEE2DC
Analogous#DCFEF3, #DCE7FE
Triadic#FEDCF8, #F8FEDC
Split complementary#FEDCE7, #FEF3DC
Tetradic#F3DCFE, #FEE2DC, #E7FEDC

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%#AAEEFD
Darker −20%#79E4FB
Darker −30%#47DAFA
Darker −40%#16D0F8
More saturated +25%#DBF9FF
Less saturated −25%#E0F5FA

Channel breakdown

R220
G248
B254
Red220 (86.3%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue190.59°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G F8 · B FE

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