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Recognised as Colour

#C5E9E0

  • #C5E9E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C5E9E0 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 233, 224 and HSL 165°, 45%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C5E9E0#C5E9E0
HEX#C5E9E0
RGBrgb(197, 233, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9137, 0.8784
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.4%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(165, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK15.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,464
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E9E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#3A161F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E4E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFDFE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BCEAE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.2Light cyan · ΔE 9.7Honeydew · ΔE 11.8Azure · ΔE 12.8Mint cream · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C5CE
Analogous#C5E9CE, #C5E0E9
Triadic#E0C5E9, #E9E0C5
Split complementary#E9C5E0, #E9CEC5
Tetradic#CEC5E9, #E9C5CE, #E0E9C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF7F4
Darker −10%#A0DBCC
Darker −20%#7BCDB8
Darker −30%#56BFA5
Darker −40%#3EA48A
More saturated +25%#BBF3E5
Less saturated −25%#CFDFDB

Channel breakdown

R197
G233
B224
Red197 (77.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue165°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E9 · B E0

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