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Recognised as Colour

#DDEFED

  • #DDEFED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Azure

#DDEFED is a cyan with RGB values 221, 239, 237 and HSL 173°, 36%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#DDEFED#DDEFED
HEX#DDEFED
RGBrgb(221, 239, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9373, 0.9294
RGB percentages86.7%, 93.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(173.3, 36%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 7.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.5%, 0%, 0.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,544,877
CSS custom property--colour: #DDEFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.64:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#221012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDEDEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9EAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8F0EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 6Light cyan · ΔE 6.4Mint cream · ΔE 6.8Alice blue · ΔE 7.1White smoke · ΔE 7.2Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3
Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDDDF
Analogous#DDEFE4, #DDE8EF
Triadic#EDDDEF, #EFEDDD
Split complementary#EFDDE8, #EFE4DD
Tetradic#E4DDEF, #EFDDDF, #E8EFDD

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%#BADFDB
Darker −20%#98CEC8
Darker −30%#75BEB6
Darker −40%#52AEA4
More saturated +25%#D7F5F2
Less saturated −25%#E3E9E8

Channel breakdown

R221
G239
B237
Red221 (86.7%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue173.33°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G EF · B ED

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