Recognised as Colour

#C5D1CE

#C5D1CE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light grey

#C5D1CE is a cyan with RGB values 197, 209, 206 and HSL 165°, 12%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C5D1CE#C5D1CE

HEX#C5D1CE

RGBrgb(197, 209, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8196, 0.8078

RGB percentages77.3%, 82%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(165, 11.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(165, 5.7%, 82%)

CMYK5.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 18%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,964,302

CSS custom property--colour: #C5D1CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#3A2E31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0CFCEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDCECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C2D1D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 4.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.7 Silver · ΔE 6.9 Powder blue · ΔE 12.9 Light blue · ΔE 13.2 Dark grey · ΔE 14.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 4.92, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D1C5C8

Analogous#C5D1C8, #C5CED1

Triadic#CEC5D1, #D1CEC5

Split complementary#D1C5CE, #D1C8C5

Tetradic#C8C5D1, #D1C5C8, #CED1C5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFE

Lighter +10%#E1E8E6

Darker −10%#A9BAB6

Darker −20%#8CA49E

Darker −30%#708D86

Darker −40%#59716B

More saturated +25%#B8DED5

Less saturated −25%#CBCBCB

Channel breakdown

R197

G209

B206

Red197 (77.3%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue165°

Saturation (HSL)11.54%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C5 · G D1 · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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