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Recognised as Colour

#C5E7E0

  • #C5E7E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C5E7E0 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 231, 224 and HSL 168°, 41%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C5E7E0#C5E7E0
HEX#C5E7E0
RGBrgb(197, 231, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9059, 0.8784
RGB percentages77.3%, 90.6%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(167.6, 41.5%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.6, 14.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK14.7%, 0%, 3%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,969,952
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E7E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#3A181F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDDEE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BDE8E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5Light cyan · ΔE 9.6Honeydew · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 12.4Azure · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7C5CC
Analogous#C5E7CF, #C5DDE7
Triadic#E0C5E7, #E7E0C5
Split complementary#E7C5DD, #E7CFC5
Tetradic#CFC5E7, #E7C5CC, #DDE7C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F6F3
Darker −10%#A1D8CD
Darker −20%#7DC9B9
Darker −30%#59BAA6
Darker −40%#429E8B
More saturated +25%#BBF1E6
Less saturated −25%#CFDDDA

Channel breakdown

R197
G231
B224
Red197 (77.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue167.65°
Saturation (HSL)41.46%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E7 · B E0

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