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Recognised as Colour

#C5DFE8

  • #C5DFE8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C5DFE8 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 223, 232 and HSL 195°, 43%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C5DFE8#C5DFE8
HEX#C5DFE8
RGBrgb(197, 223, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8745, 0.9098
RGB percentages77.3%, 87.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(195.4, 43.2%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 15.1%, 91%)
CMYK15.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,967,912
CSS custom property--colour: #C5DFE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#3A2017

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DDE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#BCE2E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.8Powder blue · ΔE 7.5Gainsboro · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 10.3Lavender · ΔE 11.7Alice blue · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8CEC5
Analogous#C5E8E0, #C5CEE8
Triadic#E8C5DF, #DFE8C5
Split complementary#E8C5CE, #E8E0C5
Tetradic#E0C5E8, #E8CEC5, #CEE8C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF3F6
Darker −10%#A0CBDA
Darker −20%#7CB7CB
Darker −30%#57A3BD
Darker −40%#4088A1
More saturated +25%#BBE4F2
Less saturated −25%#CFDADE

Channel breakdown

R197
G223
B232
Red197 (77.3%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue195.43°
Saturation (HSL)43.21%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G DF · B E8

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