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Recognised as Colour

#DFECED

  • #DFECED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DFECED is a cyan with RGB values 223, 236, 237 and HSL 184°, 28%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DFECED#DFECED
HEX#DFECED
RGBrgb(223, 236, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9255, 0.9294
RGB percentages87.5%, 92.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(184.3, 28%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 5.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK5.9%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,675,181
CSS custom property--colour: #DFECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.36:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#201312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEBEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E7E9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DBEDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.9White smoke · ΔE 6.1Azure · ΔE 6.5Gainsboro · ΔE 6.6Mint cream · ΔE 7.4Ghost white · ΔE 7.6
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.91, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE0DF
Analogous#DFEDE7, #DFE5ED
Triadic#EDDFEC, #ECEDDF
Split complementary#EDDFE5, #EDE7DF
Tetradic#E7DFED, #EDE0DF, #E5EDDF

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%#BED9DB
Darker −20%#9EC5C8
Darker −30%#7DB2B6
Darker −40%#5C9EA4
More saturated +25%#D9F1F3
Less saturated −25%#E5E7E7

Channel breakdown

R223
G236
B237
Red223 (87.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)28%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G EC · B ED

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