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Recognised as Colour

#C6DDDB

  • #C6DDDB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C6DDDB is a cyan with RGB values 198, 221, 219 and HSL 175°, 25%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#C6DDDB#C6DDDB
HEX#C6DDDB
RGBrgb(198, 221, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8667, 0.8588
RGB percentages77.6%, 86.7%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(174.8, 25.3%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 10.4%, 86.7%)
CMYK10.4%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,032,923
CSS custom property--colour: #C6DDDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#392224

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADADBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C0DEDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 10.6Light cyan · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC6C8
Analogous#C6DDCF, #C6D3DD
Triadic#DBC6DD, #DDDBC6
Split complementary#DDC6D3, #DDCFC6
Tetradic#CFC6DD, #DDC6C8, #D3DDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6F0EF
Darker −10%#A6CAC7
Darker −20%#86B7B3
Darker −30%#66A49E
Darker −40%#508782
More saturated +25%#BBE8E4
Less saturated −25%#D1D2D2

Channel breakdown

R198
G221
B219
Red198 (77.6%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue174.78°
Saturation (HSL)25.27%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C6 · G DD · B DB

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