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Recognised as Colour

#DEFDEF

  • #DEFDEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#DEFDEF is a cyan with RGB values 222, 253, 239 and HSL 153°, 89%, 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 Honeydew.

Colour values

#DEFDEF#DEFDEF
HEX#DEFDEF
RGBrgb(222, 253, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9922, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 99.2%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(152.9, 88.6%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.9, 12.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK12.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,613,999
CSS custom property--colour: #DEFDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.92012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness242.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.4:1
Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F5F5F5
Inverted#210210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBF8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5F4F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D8FDF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text19.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 5.8Light cyan · ΔE 7.3Mint cream · ΔE 9Azure · ΔE 9.4Ivory · ΔE 11.1Beige · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDDEEC
Analogous#DEFDE0, #DEFCFD
Triadic#EFDEFD, #FDEFDE
Split complementary#FDDEFC, #FDE0DE
Tetradic#E0DEFD, #FDDEEC, #FCFDDE

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%#AEFAD8
Darker −20%#7EF7C0
Darker −30%#4EF4A9
Darker −40%#1EF192
More saturated +25%#DCFFEF
Less saturated −25%#E2F9EF

Channel breakdown

R222
G253
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green253 (99.2%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue152.9°
Saturation (HSL)88.57%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G FD · B EF

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