Colour

#EFFAF8

#EFFAF8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Azure

#EFFAF8 is a cyan with RGB values 239, 250, 248 and HSL 169°, 52%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Azure.

Colour values

#EFFAF8#EFFAF8

HEX#EFFAF8

RGBrgb(239, 250, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9804, 0.9725

RGB percentages93.7%, 98%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(169.1, 52.4%, 95.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 4.4%, 98%)

CMYK4.4%, 0%, 0.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,727,352

CSS custom property--colour: #EFFAF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness246.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.7:1

Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F8F8F8

Inverted#100507

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9F9F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6F7F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#ECFBF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.4 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 text19.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Azure · ΔE 2.2 Mint cream · ΔE 2.3 White smoke · ΔE 4.1 White · ΔE 4.7 Alice blue · ΔE 4.8 Snow · ΔE 5.8

Nearest named CSS colourAzure (#F0FFFF)ΔE 2.24, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAEFF1

Analogous#EFFAF3, #EFF6FA

Triadic#F8EFFA, #FAF8EF

Split complementary#FAEFF7, #FAF3EF

Tetradic#F3EFFA, #FAEFF1, #F6FAEF

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%#C8EEE7

Darker −20%#A1E2D6

Darker −30%#7AD6C5

Darker −40%#54C9B4

More saturated +25%#ECFDFA

Less saturated −25%#F2F7F6

Channel breakdown

R239

G250

B248

Red239 (93.7%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue169.09°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness95.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EF · G FA · B F8

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