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Recognised as Colour

#DDECEC

  • #DDECEC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DDECEC is a cyan with RGB values 221, 236, 236 and HSL 180°, 28%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DDECEC#DDECEC
HEX#DDECEC
RGBrgb(221, 236, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9255, 0.9255
RGB percentages86.7%, 92.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(180, 28.3%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 6.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK6.4%, 0%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,544,108
CSS custom property--colour: #DDECEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.28:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#221313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEAECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D9EDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 6.6Azure · ΔE 6.6White smoke · ΔE 6.7Gainsboro · ΔE 6.9Mint cream · ΔE 7.5Light cyan · ΔE 7.7
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECDDDD
Analogous#DDECE5, #DDE5EC
Triadic#ECDDEC, #ECECDD
Split complementary#ECDDE5, #ECE5DD
Tetradic#E5DDEC, #ECDDDD, #E5ECDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFEFE
Darker −10%#BCDADA
Darker −20%#9CC7C7
Darker −30%#7BB5B5
Darker −40%#5BA2A2
More saturated +25%#D6F3F3
Less saturated −25%#E4E5E5

Channel breakdown

R221
G236
B236
Red221 (86.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)28.3%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR DD · G EC · B EC

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