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Recognised as Colour

#DFEDEF

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

#DFEDEF is a cyan with RGB values 223, 237, 239 and HSL 187°, 33%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DFEDEF#DFEDEF
HEX#DFEDEF
RGBrgb(223, 237, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9294, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.5%, 92.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(187.5, 33.3%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 6.7%, 93.7%)
CMYK6.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,675,439
CSS custom property--colour: #DFEDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.5:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#201210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBECEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8E9EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#DBEEEEno 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 text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.5White smoke · ΔE 6.2Azure · ΔE 6.2Gainsboro · ΔE 7.1Mint cream · ΔE 7.4Ghost white · ΔE 7.4
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE1DF
Analogous#DFEFE9, #DFE5EF
Triadic#EFDFED, #EDEFDF
Split complementary#EFDFE5, #EFE9DF
Tetradic#E9DFEF, #EFE1DF, #E5EFDF

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%#BDDADE
Darker −20%#9BC7CD
Darker −30%#79B4BC
Darker −40%#57A1AB
More saturated +25%#D9F2F5
Less saturated −25%#E5E9E9

Channel breakdown

R223
G237
B239
Red223 (87.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G ED · B EF

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