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Recognised as Colour

#DEF8F8

  • #DEF8F8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DEF8F8 is a cyan with RGB values 222, 248, 248 and HSL 180°, 65%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DEF8F8#DEF8F8
HEX#DEF8F8
RGBrgb(222, 248, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9725, 0.9725
RGB percentages87.1%, 97.3%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(180, 65%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 10.5%, 97.3%)
CMYK10.5%, 0%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,612,728
CSS custom property--colour: #DEF8F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness240.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.89:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F2F2F2
Inverted#210707

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F5F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFF1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D7FAF8no 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 text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 2.6Azure · ΔE 4.9Mint cream · ΔE 6.8Alice blue · ΔE 7.3Honeydew · ΔE 8.8White smoke · ΔE 8.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 2.65, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8DEDE
Analogous#DEF8EB, #DEEBF8
Triadic#F8DEF8, #F8F8DE
Split complementary#F8DEEB, #F8EBDE
Tetradic#EBDEF8, #F8DEDE, #EBF8DE

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%#B4EFEF
Darker −20%#8AE6E6
Darker −30%#60DDDD
Darker −40%#36D4D4
More saturated +25%#D9FDFD
Less saturated −25%#E3F3F3

Channel breakdown

R222
G248
B248
Red222 (87.1%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)65%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR DE · G F8 · B F8

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