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Recognised as Colour

#DCF9FD

  • #DCF9FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DCF9FD is a cyan with RGB values 220, 249, 253 and HSL 187°, 89%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DCF9FD#DCF9FD
HEX#DCF9FD
RGBrgb(220, 249, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9765, 0.9922
RGB percentages86.3%, 97.6%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(187.3, 89.2%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.3, 13%, 99.2%)
CMYK13%, 1.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,481,917
CSS custom property--colour: #DCF9FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.01:1
Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3
Inverted#230602

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EEF2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D3FCFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 2.9Azure · ΔE 5.8Alice blue · ΔE 7.4Mint cream · ΔE 8.3White smoke · ΔE 10Ghost white · ΔE 10.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 2.87, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE0DC
Analogous#DCFDF1, #DCE9FD
Triadic#FDDCF9, #F9FDDC
Split complementary#FDDCE9, #FDF1DC
Tetradic#F1DCFD, #FDE0DC, #E9FDDC

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%#ACF1FA
Darker −20%#7CE8F7
Darker −30%#4BE0F5
Darker −40%#1BD8F2
More saturated +25%#DAFBFF
Less saturated −25%#E1F5F8

Channel breakdown

R220
G249
B253
Red220 (86.3%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue187.27°
Saturation (HSL)89.19%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G F9 · B FD

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