#DEFAFA

sRGB: 222 / 250 / 250

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Unbridled forces awaken beneath celestial skies
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#DEFAFA belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 250 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 180.0° lands in the cyan region. Its 73.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.5% 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 (19.16:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 250, 250
HSL: 180.00°, 73.68%, 92.55%
HSV / HSB: 180.00°, 11.20%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 11.20%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.561, 90.802, 103.675
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 96.328, -9.036, -3.076
WCAG relative luminance: 0.90803
24-bit decimal: 14613242

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 #DEFAFA 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: 19.16:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.10:1

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

#FADEDE sits half a turn (180°) from #DEFAFA 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.

#DEFAFA #FADEDE

Analogous

#DEFAEC and #DEECFA sit 30° to either side of #DEFAFA. 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.

#DEFAEC #DEFAFA #DEECFA

Triadic

#DEFAFA, #FADEFA and #FAFADE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DEFAFA #FADEFA #FAFADE

Split complementary

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

#DEFAFA #FADEEC #FAECDE

Square

Starting with #DEFAFA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECDEFA, #FADEDE, then #ECFADE. Across the square, #DEFAFA pairs with #FADEDE, and #ECDEFA with #ECFADE.

#DEFAFA #ECDEFA #FADEDE #ECFADE

Tetradic

#DEFAFA and #FADEDE are opposites, as are #DEDEFA and #FAFADE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DEFAFA #DEDEFA #FADEDE #FAFADE

Tints

Mixing #DEFAFA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5FBFB, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8FEFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#DEFAFA #E5FBFB #EBFCFC #F2FDFD #F8FEFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DEFAFA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2C8C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C3232, the mixture is 80% black.

#DEFAFA #B2C8C8 #859696 #596464 #2C3232 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DEFAFA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBE2E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #939898, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DEFAFA #CBE2E2 #B8C9C9 #A6B1B1 #939898 #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

#DEFAFA

RGB

rgb(222 250 250)

HSL

hsl(180.000 73.684% 92.549%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DEFAFA uses 222 red, 250 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 98.0%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DEFAFA is 11.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 11.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#DEFAFA #E3F5F5 #E7F1F1 #ECECEC #F1E7E7 #F5E3E3 #FADEDE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DEFAFA 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.

#F6F7FA

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.

#F0F3FA

Tritanopia

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

#D6FCFA

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.

#EEF8FA

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.

#EBF5FA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DDFAFA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F4F4F4

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.

#EAF7F7

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 0.73046 G 0.95597 B 0.95597

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 0.89140 G 0.97701 B 0.97865

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77050 G 0.94849 B 0.95212

CIE xyY

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

x 0.295 y 0.329 Y 90.802

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 1.961 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11011110 11111010 11111010