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#dafefc ≈ Light Cyan

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#dafefc is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.49% red, 99.61% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.17% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 176.67°, with 94.74% saturation and 92.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 19.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Cyan (#e0ffff), ΔE 1.81.

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Relative luminance0.9282

Complementary

  1. #dafefc
  2. #fedadc

Split complementary

  1. #dafefc
  2. #fedaee
  3. #feeada

Analogous

  1. #dafeea
  2. #dafefc
  3. #daeefe

Triadic

  1. #dafefc
  2. #fcdafe
  3. #fefcda

Tetradic

  1. #dafefc
  2. #dadcfe
  3. #fedadc
  4. #fefcda

Square

  1. #dafefc
  2. #eadafe
  3. #fedadc
  4. #eefeda

Monochromatic

  1. #45faf0
  2. #90fcf6
  3. #dafefc
  4. #ebfefd
  5. #ebfefd

Shades

#dafefc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dafefc
  2. #c4e5e3
  3. #aecbca
  4. #99b2b0
  5. #839897
  6. #6d7f7e
  7. #576665
  8. #414c4c
  9. #2c3332
  10. #161919
  11. #000000

Tints

#dafefc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dafefc
  2. #defefc
  3. #e1fefd
  4. #e5fefd
  5. #e9fefd
  6. #edfffe
  7. #f0fffe
  8. #f4fffe
  9. #f8fffe
  10. #fbffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dafefc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dafefc
  2. #d1f1f0
  3. #c8e5e3
  4. #bfd8d7
  5. #b6ccca
  6. #adbfbe
  7. #a4b2b2
  8. #9ba6a5
  9. #929999
  10. #898d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f7f7f7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ecfaf9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f9fafc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f2f5fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0fffd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #edfcfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9f8fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4fffd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dafefc {
  color: #dafefc;
}
Background
.bg-dafefc {
  background-color: #dafefc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dafefc {
  border: 2px solid #dafefc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dafefc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 218 254 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 95% 93%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dafefc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dafefc, #daeefe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dafefc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(218 254 252 / 0.35);
}

#e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 1.81 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 6.78 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.11 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 7.80 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.84 #f0fff0 Honeydew ΔE 8.01 #f5fffa Mint Cream ΔE 8.28 #250103 Inverted #f7f7f7 Grayscale 

Light Cyan
#dafefc  rgb(218, 254, 252)  hsl(177, 95%, 93%)  Light Cyan
#fedadc  rgb(254, 218, 220)  hsl(357, 95%, 93%)  Pale Pink
#fcdafe  rgb(252, 218, 254)  hsl(297, 95%, 93%)  Thistle
#fefcda  rgb(254, 252, 218)  hsl(57, 95%, 93%)  Light Yellow