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Recognised as Colour

#C5E9CE

  • #C5E9CE
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#C5E9CE is a green with RGB values 197, 233, 206 and HSL 135°, 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

#C5E9CE#C5E9CE
HEX#C5E9CE
RGBrgb(197, 233, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9137, 0.8078
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(135, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK15.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,446
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.92:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#3A1631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9E3CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3DECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#C0E8E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 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 text15.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 13.7Beige · ΔE 14.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.9Light yellow · ΔE 16.4Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 16.5Light cyan · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C5E0
Analogous#CEE9C5, #C5E9E0
Triadic#CEC5E9, #E9CEC5
Split complementary#E0C5E9, #E9C5CE
Tetradic#C5CEE9, #E9C5E0, #E9E0C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF7ED
Darker −10%#A0DBAF
Darker −20%#7BCD90
Darker −30%#56BF70
Darker −40%#3EA458
More saturated +25%#BBF3C9
Less saturated −25%#CFDFD3

Channel breakdown

R197
G233
B206
Red197 (77.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue135°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E9 · B CE

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