Information about #DEFDCD color

#DEFDCD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #DEFDCD is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with Full Saturation and Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(222, 253, 205) — 87.1% red, 99.2% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 0 / 19 / 1. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A maximally vivid chartreuse, #DEFDCD is nearly as bright as white. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Snow Flurry (#E4FFD1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pale Chartreuse Green (#E0FFC2) and Pale Pistachio (#D9FFC2).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(222, 253, 205)), which gives #DEFDCD its character. If you plan to put text on a #DEFDCD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 19.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.1:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#DEFDCD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DEFDCD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DEFDCD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Snow Flurry color link
Snow Flurry

#E4FFD1

Summer Fun color link
Summer Fun

#EAF7C9

Blue Romance color link
Blue Romance

#D8F0D2

Snowy Mint color link
Snowy Mint

#D6FFDB

Nyanza color link
Nyanza

#E9FFDB

Rice Flower color link
Rice Flower

#EFF5D1

Zanah color link
Zanah

#DAECD6

Tara color link
Tara

#DEF1DD

#DEFDCD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DEFDCD
  • RGB222, 253, 205
  • CMYK12, 0, 19, 1
  • HSL99°, 92%, 90%
  • HSL Precise98.75°, 92.308%, 89.804%
  • HSV99°, 19%, 99%
  • HSB99°, 19%, 99%
  • HEX IDDEFDCD
  • DECIMAL ID14613965
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Chartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • Percentage of Red in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB99.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
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