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Colour

#C5E9FF

  • #C5E9FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C5E9FF is a blue with RGB values 197, 233, 255 and HSL 203°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C5E9FF#C5E9FF
HEX#C5E9FF
RGBrgb(197, 233, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9137, 1
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(202.8, 100%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.8, 22.7%, 100%)
CMYK22.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,495
CSS custom property--colour: #C5E9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#3A1600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E1FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5EFF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Lavender · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Alice blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDBC5
Analogous#C5FFF8, #C5CCFF
Triadic#FFC5E9, #E9FFC5
Split complementary#FFC5CC, #FFF8C5
Tetradic#F8C5FF, #FFDBC5, #CCFFC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8FCFF
Darker −10%#92D6FF
Darker −20%#5FC2FF
Darker −30%#2CAFFF
Darker −40%#009AF8
More saturated +25%#C5E9FF
Less saturated −25%#CCE7F8

Channel breakdown

R197
G233
B255
Red197 (77.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue202.76°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G E9 · B FF

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