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Recognised as Colour

#C5D9D0

  • #C5D9D0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C5D9D0 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 217, 208 and HSL 153°, 21%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C5D9D0#C5D9D0
HEX#C5D9D0
RGBrgb(197, 217, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.851, 0.8157
RGB percentages77.3%, 85.1%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(153, 20.8%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153, 9.2%, 85.1%)
CMYK9.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,966,352
CSS custom property--colour: #C5D9D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6605WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.21:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#3A262F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D6D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D3D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C1D9D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.7Gainsboro · ΔE 9.1Silver · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 13.9Honeydew · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9C5CE
Analogous#C5D9C6, #C5D8D9
Triadic#D0C5D9, #D9D0C5
Split complementary#D9C5D8, #D9C6C5
Tetradic#C6C5D9, #D9C5CE, #D8D9C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4EDE9
Darker −10%#A6C5B7
Darker −20%#87B19E
Darker −30%#699C85
Darker −40%#537F6B
More saturated +25%#B9E5D1
Less saturated −25%#CFCFCF

Channel breakdown

R197
G217
B208
Red197 (77.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue153°
Saturation (HSL)20.83%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G D9 · B D0

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