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Recognised as Colour

#C5CED1

  • #C5CED1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C5CED1 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 206, 209 and HSL 195°, 12%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C5CED1#C5CED1
HEX#C5CED1
RGBrgb(197, 206, 209)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8078, 0.8196
RGB percentages77.3%, 80.8%, 82%
HSLhsl(195, 11.5%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 5.7%, 82%)
CMYK5.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,963,537
CSS custom property--colour: #C5CED1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#3A312E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCDD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACCD1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C2CFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 4.3Silver · ΔE 5.7Gainsboro · ΔE 6.6Light blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Dark grey · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 4.29, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1C8C5
Analogous#C5D1CE, #C5C8D1
Triadic#D1C5CE, #CED1C5
Split complementary#D1C5C8, #D1CEC5
Tetradic#CEC5D1, #D1C8C5, #C8D1C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFE
Lighter +10%#E1E6E8
Darker −10%#A9B6BA
Darker −20%#8C9EA4
Darker −30%#70868D
Darker −40%#596B71
More saturated +25%#B8D5DE
Less saturated −25%#CBCBCB

Channel breakdown

R197
G206
B209
Red197 (77.3%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue209 (82%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)11.54%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G CE · B D1

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