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Colour

#DEFEF9

  • #DEFEF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DEFEF9 is a cyan with RGB values 222, 254, 249 and HSL 171°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DEFEF9#DEFEF9
HEX#DEFEF9
RGBrgb(222, 254, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9961, 0.9765
RGB percentages87.1%, 99.6%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(170.6, 94.1%, 93.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 12.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK12.6%, 0%, 2%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,614,265
CSS custom property--colour: #DEFEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness244.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.65:1
Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F7F7F7
Inverted#210106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBFAF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4F5FAno 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 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 text19.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 2.7Azure · ΔE 6.6Honeydew · ΔE 7.6Mint cream · ΔE 7.7Alice blue · ΔE 10.4White smoke · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 2.67, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDEE3
Analogous#DEFEE9, #DEF3FE
Triadic#F9DEFE, #FEF9DE
Split complementary#FEDEF3, #FEE9DE
Tetradic#E9DEFE, #FEDEE3, #F3FEDE

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%#ACFDF0
Darker −20%#7BFBE7
Darker −30%#49FADE
Darker −40%#18F8D5
More saturated +25%#DDFFFA
Less saturated −25%#E2FAF6

Channel breakdown

R222
G254
B249
Red222 (87.1%)
Green254 (99.6%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue170.62°
Saturation (HSL)94.12%
Lightness93.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G FE · B F9

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