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Recognised as Colour

#DEF0EA

  • #DEF0EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Mint cream

#DEF0EA is a cyan with RGB values 222, 240, 234 and HSL 160°, 37%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Mint cream.

Colour values

#DEF0EA#DEF0EA
HEX#DEF0EA
RGBrgb(222, 240, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9412, 0.9176
RGB percentages87.1%, 94.1%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(160, 37.5%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 7.5%, 94.1%)
CMYK7.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,610,666
CSS custom property--colour: #DEF0EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.76:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#210F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFEDEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EBEBEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DAF0EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Mint cream · ΔE 6.5Azure · ΔE 6.5Light cyan · ΔE 6.8Honeydew · ΔE 7White smoke · ΔE 7.8Alice blue · ΔE 8.5
Nearest named CSS colourMint cream (#F5FFFA)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0DEE4
Analogous#DEF0E1, #DEEDF0
Triadic#EADEF0, #F0EADE
Split complementary#F0DEED, #F0E1DE
Tetradic#E1DEF0, #F0DEE4, #EDF0DE

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%#BBE0D4
Darker −20%#98D0BD
Darker −30%#75C0A7
Darker −40%#52B091
More saturated +25%#D8F6EC
Less saturated −25%#E4EAE8

Channel breakdown

R222
G240
B234
Red222 (87.1%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)37.5%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G F0 · B EA

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