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Recognised as Colour

#DFF8FA

  • #DFF8FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#DFF8FA is a cyan with RGB values 223, 248, 250 and HSL 184°, 73%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#DFF8FA#DFF8FA
HEX#DFF8FA
RGBrgb(223, 248, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9725, 0.9804
RGB percentages87.5%, 97.3%, 98%
HSLhsl(184.4, 73%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 10.8%, 98%)
CMYK10.8%, 0.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,678,266
CSS custom property--colour: #DFF8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.89725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness241 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.94:1
Contrast with white1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F3F3F3
Inverted#200705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFF1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D8FAF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 3Azure · ΔE 4.6Alice blue · ΔE 6.5Mint cream · ΔE 6.9White smoke · ΔE 8.6Ghost white · ΔE 9.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 3, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE1DF
Analogous#DFFAEF, #DFEBFA
Triadic#FADFF8, #F8FADF
Split complementary#FADFEB, #FAEFDF
Tetradic#EFDFFA, #FAE1DF, #EBFADF

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%#B3EEF3
Darker −20%#87E5EC
Darker −30%#5BDBE5
Darker −40%#2FD1DE
More saturated +25%#DAFCFF
Less saturated −25%#E4F4F5

Channel breakdown

R223
G248
B250
Red223 (87.5%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue184.44°
Saturation (HSL)72.97%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G F8 · B FA

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