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Recognised as Colour

#C5E3DD

  • #C5E3DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C5E3DD is a cyan with RGB values 197, 227, 221 and HSL 168°, 35%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C5E3DD#C5E3DD
HEX#C5E3DD
RGBrgb(197, 227, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8902, 0.8667
RGB percentages77.3%, 89%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(168, 34.9%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 13.2%, 89%)
CMYK13.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,968,925
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E3DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.41:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#3A1C22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADBDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BEE4E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light cyan · ΔE 10.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7Gainsboro · ΔE 11Light grey · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3C5CB
Analogous#C5E3CE, #C5DAE3
Triadic#DDC5E3, #E3DDC5
Split complementary#E3C5DA, #E3CEC5
Tetradic#CEC5E3, #E3C5CB, #DAE3C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F4F1
Darker −10%#A3D2C9
Darker −20%#80C2B5
Darker −30%#5EB1A1
Darker −40%#489485
More saturated +25%#BAEEE3
Less saturated −25%#D0D8D7

Channel breakdown

R197
G227
B221
Red197 (77.3%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)34.88%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E3 · B DD

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