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Recognised as Colour

#C5E6C4

  • #C5E6C4
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#C5E6C4 is a green with RGB values 197, 230, 196 and HSL 118°, 40%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#C5E6C4#C5E6C4
HEX#C5E6C4
RGBrgb(197, 230, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.902, 0.7686
RGB percentages77.3%, 90.2%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(118.2, 40.5%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(118.2, 14.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK14.3%, 0%, 14.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,969,668
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E6C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#3A193B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8DFC2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2DCC6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C2E4DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 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 text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 15.1Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 15.4Honeydew · ΔE 16Light yellow · ΔE 16.5Cornsilk · ΔE 17.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5C4E6
Analogous#D6E6C4, #C4E6D4
Triadic#C4C5E6, #E6C4C5
Split complementary#D4C4E6, #E6C4D6
Tetradic#C4D6E6, #E5C4E6, #E6D4C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8F5E8
Darker −10%#A2D7A0
Darker −20%#7FC87C
Darker −30%#5BB859
Darker −40%#459C42
More saturated +25%#BBF1BA
Less saturated −25%#CFDCCF

Channel breakdown

R197
G230
B196
Red197 (77.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue118.24°
Saturation (HSL)40.48%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E6 · B C4

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