Colour

#ECFCFB

#ECFCFB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Azure

#ECFCFB is a cyan with RGB values 236, 252, 251 and HSL 176°, 73%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#ECFCFB#ECFCFB

HEX#ECFCFB

RGBrgb(236, 252, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9882, 0.9843

RGB percentages92.5%, 98.8%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(176.2, 72.7%, 95.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 6.3%, 98.8%)

CMYK6.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,531,259

CSS custom property--colour: #ECFCFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness247.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.88:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#130304

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAFAFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7F8FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#E8FDFCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 1.3 Mint cream · ΔE 3.2 Light cyan · ΔE 5 Alice blue · ΔE 5 White smoke · ΔE 5.7 White · ΔE 6

Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 1.3, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FCECED

Analogous#ECFCF3, #ECF5FC

Triadic#FBECFC, #FCFBEC

Split complementary#FCECF5, #FCF3EC

Tetradic#F3ECFC, #FCECED, #F5FCEC

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%#C0F5F2

Darker −20%#94EEE8

Darker −30%#68E7DF

Darker −40%#3CE0D6

More saturated +25%#E9FFFD

Less saturated −25%#EFF9F9

Channel breakdown

R236

G252

B251

Red236 (92.5%)

Green252 (98.8%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue176.25°

Saturation (HSL)72.73%

Lightness95.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EC · G FC · B FB

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Colour values

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