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Recognised as Colour

#DEF6ED

  • #DEF6ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#DEF6ED is a cyan with RGB values 222, 246, 237 and HSL 158°, 57%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Honeydew.

Colour values

#DEF6ED#DEF6ED
HEX#DEF6ED
RGBrgb(222, 246, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9647, 0.9294
RGB percentages87.1%, 96.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(157.5, 57.1%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.5, 9.8%, 96.5%)
CMYK9.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,612,205
CSS custom property--colour: #DEF6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness238 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.51:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#210912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F3EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0EFEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D9F6F3no 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 text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 5.6Light cyan · ΔE 5.8Mint cream · ΔE 6.8Azure · ΔE 6.9White smoke · ΔE 9.8Ivory · ΔE 10
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6DEE7
Analogous#DEF6E1, #DEF3F6
Triadic#EDDEF6, #F6EDDE
Split complementary#F6DEF3, #F6E1DE
Tetradic#E1DEF6, #F6DEE7, #F3F6DE

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%#B6EBD7
Darker −20%#8EE0C1
Darker −30%#66D5AB
Darker −40%#3ECA96
More saturated +25%#D9FBEE
Less saturated −25%#E3F1EC

Channel breakdown

R222
G246
B237
Red222 (87.1%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue157.5°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G F6 · B ED

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