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Recognised as Colour

#C5E9CA

  • #C5E9CA
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#C5E9CA is a green with RGB values 197, 233, 202 and HSL 128°, 45%, 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 Honeydew.

Colour values

#C5E9CA#C5E9CA
HEX#C5E9CA
RGBrgb(197, 233, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9137, 0.7922
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(128.3, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(128.3, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK15.5%, 0%, 13.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,442
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E9CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 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#3A1635

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAE2C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3DECCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C1E7E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 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

Honeydew · ΔE 14.9Beige · ΔE 15Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 16Light yellow · ΔE 16.5Cornsilk · ΔE 17.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C5E4
Analogous#D2E9C5, #C5E9DC
Triadic#CAC5E9, #E9CAC5
Split complementary#DCC5E9, #E9C5D2
Tetradic#C5D2E9, #E9C5E4, #E9DCC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF7EC
Darker −10%#A0DBA8
Darker −20%#7BCD86
Darker −30%#56BF65
Darker −40%#3EA44C
More saturated +25%#BBF3C3
Less saturated −25%#CFDFD1

Channel breakdown

R197
G233
B202
Red197 (77.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue128.33°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E9 · B CA

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