Recognised as Colour

#C4ECEA

#C4ECEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#C4ECEA is a cyan with RGB values 196, 236, 234 and HSL 177°, 51%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C4ECEA#C4ECEA

HEX#C4ECEA

RGBrgb(196, 236, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.9255, 0.9176

RGB percentages76.9%, 92.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(177, 51.3%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177, 16.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK16.9%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,905,706

CSS custom property--colour: #C4ECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#3B1315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFE2EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B8EEEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.1 Light cyan · ΔE 8 Light blue · ΔE 10.9 Azure · ΔE 11.9 Honeydew · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECC4C6

Analogous#C4ECD6, #C4DAEC

Triadic#EAC4EC, #ECEAC4

Split complementary#ECC4DA, #ECD6C4

Tetradic#D6C4EC, #ECC4C6, #DAECC4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EBF8F8

Darker −10%#9DE0DC

Darker −20%#77D3CF

Darker −30%#50C7C1

Darker −40%#38ACA7

More saturated +25%#BAF6F3

Less saturated −25%#CEE2E1

Channel breakdown

R196

G236

B234

Red196 (76.9%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue177°

Saturation (HSL)51.28%

Lightness84.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C4 · G EC · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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