#DAEFEA

sRGB: 218 / 239 / 234

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#DAEFEA belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 239 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 165.7° lands in the cyan region. Its 39.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 239, 234
HSL: 165.71°, 39.62%, 89.61%
HSV / HSB: 165.71°, 8.79%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 8.79%, 0.00%, 2.09%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.628, 82.578, 89.852
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.830, -7.818, 0.056
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82579
24-bit decimal: 14348266

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DAEFEA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.52:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.20:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#EFDADF sits half a turn (180°) from #DAEFEA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DAEFEA #EFDADF

Analogous

#DAEFDF and #DAEAEF sit 30° to either side of #DAEFEA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DAEFDF #DAEFEA #DAEAEF

Triadic

#DAEFEA, #EADAEF and #EFEADA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DAEFEA #EADAEF #EFEADA

Split complementary

Start at #DAEFEA and look across the wheel. #EFDAEA and #EFDFDA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DAEFEA #EFDAEA #EFDFDA

Square

Starting with #DAEFEA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFDAEF, #EFDADF, then #EAEFDA. Across the square, #DAEFEA pairs with #EFDADF, and #DFDAEF with #EAEFDA.

#DAEFEA #DFDAEF #EFDADF #EAEFDA

Tetradic

#DAEFEA and #EFDADF are opposites, as are #DADFEF and #EFEADA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DAEFEA #DADFEF #EFDADF #EFEADA

Tints

Mixing #DAEFEA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1F2EE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FCFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DAEFEA #E1F2EE #E9F5F2 #F0F9F7 #F8FCFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DAEFEA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEBFBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C302F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DAEFEA #AEBFBB #838F8C #57605E #2C302F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DAEFEA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8D9D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #929695, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DAEFEA #C8D9D5 #B6C3C0 #A4ACAA #929695 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DAEFEA

RGB

rgb(218 239 234)

HSL

hsl(165.714 39.623% 89.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DAEFEA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DAEFEA uses 218 red, 239 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 93.7%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DAEFEA is 8.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 2.1% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 2.1%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDEEEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DEE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DAEFEA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDEEEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#DAEFEA #DEECE8 #E1E8E6 #E5E5E5 #E8E1E3 #ECDEE1 #EFDADF

Color vision previews

Compare how #DAEFEA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#EDECEA

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E9E9EA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D5F0ED

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E6EDEA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E5EBEA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DAEFEB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EAEAEA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E2EDEA

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.70110 G 0.86316 B 0.82279

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.87028 G 0.93467 B 0.91806

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.72987 G 0.85778 B 0.82363

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.302 y 0.334 Y 82.578

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 14.510 M % 6.275 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011010 11101111 11101010