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Recognised as Colour

#DEFCF6

  • #DEFCF6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DEFCF6 is a cyan with RGB values 222, 252, 246 and HSL 168°, 83%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DEFCF6#DEFCF6
HEX#DEFCF6
RGBrgb(222, 252, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9882, 0.9647
RGB percentages87.1%, 98.8%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(168, 83.3%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 11.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK11.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,613,750
CSS custom property--colour: #DEFCF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.91804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness242.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.36:1
Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F5F5F5
Inverted#210309

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9F8F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3F4F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D7FDFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 3.3Azure · ΔE 6.4Honeydew · ΔE 7Mint cream · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 10.2White smoke · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 3.29, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCDEE4
Analogous#DEFCE7, #DEF3FC
Triadic#F6DEFC, #FCF6DE
Split complementary#FCDEF3, #FCE7DE
Tetradic#E7DEFC, #FCDEE4, #F3FCDE

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%#AFF8E9
Darker −20%#80F4DD
Darker −30%#52EFD0
Darker −40%#23EBC3
More saturated +25%#DBFFF8
Less saturated −25%#E2F8F3

Channel breakdown

R222
G252
B246
Red222 (87.1%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)83.33%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G FC · B F6

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