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Recognised as Colour

#C5E7C5

  • #C5E7C5
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Beige

#C5E7C5 is a green with RGB values 197, 231, 197 and HSL 120°, 41%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#C5E7C5#C5E7C5
HEX#C5E7C5
RGBrgb(197, 231, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9059, 0.7725
RGB percentages77.3%, 90.6%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(120, 41.5%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(120, 14.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK14.7%, 0%, 14.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,969,925
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E7C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.61:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#3A183A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E0C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3DDC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C2E5DDno 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 text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 15.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 15.5Honeydew · ΔE 15.9Light yellow · ΔE 16.5Cornsilk · ΔE 17.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 15.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7C5E7
Analogous#D6E7C5, #C5E7D6
Triadic#C5C5E7, #E7C5C5
Split complementary#D6C5E7, #E7C5D6
Tetradic#C5D6E7, #E7C5E7, #E7D6C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F6E9
Darker −10%#A1D8A1
Darker −20%#7DC97D
Darker −30%#59BA59
Darker −40%#429E42
More saturated +25%#BBF1BB
Less saturated −25%#CFDDCF

Channel breakdown

R197
G231
B197
Red197 (77.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue120°
Saturation (HSL)41.46%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E7 · B C5

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