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Recognised as Colour

#C4D8C9

  • #C4D8C9
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C4D8C9 is a green with RGB values 196, 216, 201 and HSL 135°, 20%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C4D8C9#C4D8C9
HEX#C4D8C9
RGBrgb(196, 216, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.8471, 0.7882
RGB percentages76.9%, 84.7%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(135, 20.4%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135, 9.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK9.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,900,553
CSS custom property--colour: #C4D8C9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65065WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.01:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#3B2736

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D4C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D2CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C1D7D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 12.8Powder blue · ΔE 14Honeydew · ΔE 14.2Beige · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8C4D3
Analogous#C9D8C4, #C4D8D3
Triadic#C9C4D8, #D8C9C4
Split complementary#D3C4D8, #D8C4C9
Tetradic#C4C9D8, #D8C4D3, #D8D3C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3ECE5
Darker −10%#A5C4AD
Darker −20%#87AF91
Darker −30%#689B75
Darker −40%#537D5D
More saturated +25%#B8E4C3
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R196
G216
B201
Red196 (76.9%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue135°
Saturation (HSL)20.41%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C4 · G D8 · B C9

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