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Recognised as Colour

#C5EDFC

  • #C5EDFC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C5EDFC is a cyan with RGB values 197, 237, 252 and HSL 196°, 90%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C5EDFC#C5EDFC
HEX#C5EDFC
RGBrgb(197, 237, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9294, 0.9882
RGB percentages77.3%, 92.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(196.4, 90.2%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 21.8%, 98.8%)
CMYK21.8%, 6%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,971,516
CSS custom property--colour: #C5EDFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#3A1203

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B5F2F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.7Light cyan · ΔE 10.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Alice blue · ΔE 12.5Azure · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD4C5
Analogous#C5FCF0, #C5D1FC
Triadic#FCC5ED, #EDFCC5
Split complementary#FCC5D2, #FCF0C5
Tetradic#EFC5FC, #FCD4C5, #D1FCC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5FCFF
Darker −10%#95DEF9
Darker −20%#64CFF7
Darker −30%#34C0F4
Darker −40%#0CADE9
More saturated +25%#C2EEFF
Less saturated −25%#CDEAF4

Channel breakdown

R197
G237
B252
Red197 (77.3%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)90.16%
Lightness88.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G ED · B FC

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