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Recognised as Colour

#DEFEF8

  • #DEFEF8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DEFEF8 is a cyan with RGB values 222, 254, 248 and HSL 169°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DEFEF8#DEFEF8
HEX#DEFEF8
RGBrgb(222, 254, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9961, 0.9725
RGB percentages87.1%, 99.6%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(168.8, 94.1%, 93.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 12.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK12.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,614,264
CSS custom property--colour: #DEFEF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness244.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.64:1
Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7
Inverted#210107

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBFAF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4F5F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D6FFFCno 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 text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 3.2Azure · ΔE 6.8Honeydew · ΔE 7.3Mint cream · ΔE 7.7Alice blue · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 3.18, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDEE4
Analogous#DEFEE8, #DEF4FE
Triadic#F8DEFE, #FEF8DE
Split complementary#FEDEF4, #FEE8DE
Tetradic#E8DEFE, #FEDEE4, #F4FEDE

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%#ACFDEE
Darker −20%#7BFBE3
Darker −30%#49FAD9
Darker −40%#18F8CE
More saturated +25%#DDFFF9
Less saturated −25%#E2FAF5

Channel breakdown

R222
G254
B248
Red222 (87.1%)
Green254 (99.6%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue168.75°
Saturation (HSL)94.12%
Lightness93.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G FE · B F8

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