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Recognised as Colour

#C5E9E5

  • #C5E9E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C5E9E5 is a cyan with RGB values 197, 233, 229 and HSL 173°, 45%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C5E9E5#C5E9E5
HEX#C5E9E5
RGBrgb(197, 233, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9137, 0.898
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(173.3, 45%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 15.5%, 91.4%)
CMYK15.5%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,469
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.16:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#3A161A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E5E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEDFE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BBEBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 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 text16.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.4Light cyan · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 11.3Azure · ΔE 11.9Honeydew · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C5C9
Analogous#C5E9D3, #C5DBE9
Triadic#E5C5E9, #E9E5C5
Split complementary#E9C5DB, #E9D3C5
Tetradic#D3C5E9, #E9C5C9, #DBE9C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF7F6
Darker −10%#A0DBD4
Darker −20%#7BCDC4
Darker −30%#56BFB3
Darker −40%#3EA499
More saturated +25%#BBF3ED
Less saturated −25%#CFDFDD

Channel breakdown

R197
G233
B229
Red197 (77.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue173.33°
Saturation (HSL)45%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G E9 · B E5

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