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Recognised as Colour

#C4E2EE

  • #C4E2EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C4E2EE is a cyan with RGB values 196, 226, 238 and HSL 197°, 55%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C4E2EE#C4E2EE
HEX#C4E2EE
RGBrgb(196, 226, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.8863, 0.9333
RGB percentages76.9%, 88.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(197.1, 55.3%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 17.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK17.6%, 5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,903,150
CSS custom property--colour: #C4E2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#3B1D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DBEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#B8E6E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 7.1Light cyan · ΔE 11.6Lavender · ΔE 11.7Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED0C4
Analogous#C4EEE5, #C4CDEE
Triadic#EEC4E2, #E2EEC4
Split complementary#EEC4CD, #EEE5C4
Tetradic#E5C4EE, #EED0C4, #CDEEC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF5F9
Darker −10%#9CCFE3
Darker −20%#75BBD7
Darker −30%#4DA8CC
Darker −40%#338EB3
More saturated +25%#BBE6F8
Less saturated −25%#CEDEE5

Channel breakdown

R196
G226
B238
Red196 (76.9%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)55.26%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G E2 · B EE

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