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Recognised as Colour

#DEF8EF

  • #DEF8EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DEF8EF is a cyan with RGB values 222, 248, 239 and HSL 159°, 65%, 92%. 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

#DEF8EF#DEF8EF
HEX#DEF8EF
RGBrgb(222, 248, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9725, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 97.3%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(159.2, 65%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.2, 10.5%, 97.3%)
CMYK10.5%, 0%, 3.6%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,612,719
CSS custom property--colour: #DEF8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness239.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.78:1
Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#210710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6F4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#F1F1F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#D9F9F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 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 text18.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 5.4Honeydew · ΔE 5.7Mint cream · ΔE 7Azure · ΔE 7White smoke · ΔE 10.3Ivory · ΔE 10.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8DEE7
Analogous#DEF8E2, #DEF4F8
Triadic#EFDEF8, #F8EFDE
Split complementary#F8DEF4, #F8E2DE
Tetradic#E2DEF8, #F8DEE7, #F4F8DE

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%#B4EFDB
Darker −20%#8AE6C6
Darker −30%#60DDB2
Darker −40%#36D49D
More saturated +25%#D9FDF1
Less saturated −25%#E3F3ED

Channel breakdown

R222
G248
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue159.23°
Saturation (HSL)65%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G F8 · B EF

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