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Recognised as Colour

#DEF7FA

  • #DEF7FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DEF7FA is a cyan with RGB values 222, 247, 250 and HSL 186°, 74%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DEF7FA#DEF7FA
HEX#DEF7FA
RGBrgb(222, 247, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9686, 0.9804
RGB percentages87.1%, 96.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(186.4, 73.7%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 11.2%, 98%)
CMYK11.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,612,474
CSS custom property--colour: #DEF7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness240.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.79:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#210805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3F5FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDF0FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D6F9F8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 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 text18.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 3.4Azure · ΔE 5Alice blue · ΔE 6.4Mint cream · ΔE 7.3White smoke · ΔE 8.7Ghost white · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 3.44, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE1DE
Analogous#DEFAEF, #DEE9FA
Triadic#FADEF7, #F7FADE
Split complementary#FADEE9, #FAEFDE
Tetradic#EFDEFA, #FAE1DE, #E9FADE

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%#B2ECF3
Darker −20%#85E2ED
Darker −30%#59D7E6
Darker −40%#2DCCDF
More saturated +25%#D9FBFF
Less saturated −25%#E3F3F5

Channel breakdown

R222
G247
B250
Red222 (87.1%)
Green247 (96.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue186.43°
Saturation (HSL)73.68%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G F7 · B FA

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