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Recognised as Colour

#DCFBF8

  • #DCFBF8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DCFBF8 is a cyan with RGB values 220, 251, 248 and HSL 174°, 79%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DCFBF8#DCFBF8
HEX#DCFBF8
RGBrgb(220, 251, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9843, 0.9725
RGB percentages86.3%, 98.4%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(174.2, 79.5%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 12.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK12.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,482,424
CSS custom property--colour: #DCFBF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.2:1
Contrast with white1.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4
Inverted#230407

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#F7F7F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1F3F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D4FDFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 2.13, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#FBDCDF
Analogous#DCFBE9, #DCEEFB
Triadic#F8DCFB, #FBF8DC
Split complementary#FBDCEE, #FBE9DC
Tetradic#E9DCFB, #FBDCDF, #EFFBDC

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#AEF6EF
Darker −20%#80F1E6
Darker −30%#53EBDD
Darker −40%#25E6D3
More saturated +25%#D8FFFB
Less saturated −25%#E1F6F4

Channel breakdown

R220
G251
B248
Red220 (86.3%)
Green251 (98.4%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue174.19°
Saturation (HSL)79.49%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G FB · B F8

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