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Recognised as Colour

#DDF8EF

  • #DDF8EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DDF8EF is a cyan with RGB values 221, 248, 239 and HSL 160°, 66%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DDF8EF#DDF8EF
HEX#DDF8EF
RGBrgb(221, 248, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9725, 0.9373
RGB percentages86.7%, 97.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(160, 65.9%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 10.9%, 97.3%)
CMYK10.9%, 0%, 3.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,547,183
CSS custom property--colour: #DDF8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness239.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.75:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#220710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6F4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1F0F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D7F9F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 5.3Honeydew · ΔE 5.9Azure · ΔE 7.2Mint cream · ΔE 7.3White smoke · ΔE 10.6Ivory · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8DDE6
Analogous#DDF8E2, #DDF4F8
Triadic#EFDDF8, #F8EFDD
Split complementary#F8DDF4, #F8E2DD
Tetradic#E2DDF8, #F8DDE6, #F4F8DD

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%#B3EFDB
Darker −20%#88E7C7
Darker −30%#5EDEB3
Darker −40%#34D59F
More saturated +25%#D8FDF1
Less saturated −25%#E2F3ED

Channel breakdown

R221
G248
B239
Red221 (86.7%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)65.85%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DD · G F8 · B EF

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