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Recognised as Colour

#C5E9E1

  • #C5E9E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C5E9E1 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 233, 225 and HSL 167°, 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

#C5E9E1#C5E9E1
HEX#C5E9E1
RGBrgb(197, 233, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9137, 0.8824
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(166.7, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK15.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,465
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E9E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.12:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#3A161E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E4E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFDFE2no 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 3.7 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 text16.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 9Light cyan · ΔE 9.5Honeydew · ΔE 11.9Azure · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C5CD
Analogous#C5E9CF, #C5DFE9
Triadic#E1C5E9, #E9E1C5
Split complementary#E9C5DF, #E9CFC5
Tetradic#CFC5E9, #E9C5CD, #DFE9C5

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%#A0DBCE
Darker −20%#7BCDBB
Darker −30%#56BFA8
Darker −40%#3EA48D
More saturated +25%#BBF3E7
Less saturated −25%#CFDFDB

Channel breakdown

R197
G233
B225
Red197 (77.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue166.67°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E9 · B E1

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