Recognised as Colour

#C2EAF9

#C2EAF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#C2EAF9 is a cyan with RGB values 194, 234, 249 and HSL 196°, 82%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C2EAF9#C2EAF9

HEX#C2EAF9

RGBrgb(194, 234, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.9176, 0.9765

RGB percentages76.1%, 91.8%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(196.4, 82.1%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 22.1%, 97.6%)

CMYK22.1%, 6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,774,137

CSS custom property--colour: #C2EAF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.43:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#3D1506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E7FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9E1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B2EFEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.7 Powder blue · ΔE 7 Light cyan · ΔE 11.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Alice blue · ΔE 13 Lavender · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9D1C2

Analogous#C2F9ED, #C2CFF9

Triadic#F9C2EA, #EAF9C2

Split complementary#F9C2CF, #F9EDC2

Tetradic#EDC2F9, #F9D1C2, #CFF9C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0FAFE

Darker −10%#94DAF4

Darker −20%#65CAF0

Darker −30%#37BAEB

Darker −40%#15A4DA

More saturated +25%#BCEDFF

Less saturated −25%#CAE6F1

Channel breakdown

R194

G234

B249

Red194 (76.1%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue196.36°

Saturation (HSL)82.09%

Lightness86.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C2 · G EA · B F9

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Colour harmonies

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