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Recognised as Colour

#C6DFE5

  • #C6DFE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C6DFE5 is a cyan with RGB values 198, 223, 229 and HSL 192°, 37%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C6DFE5#C6DFE5
HEX#C6DFE5
RGBrgb(198, 223, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8745, 0.898
RGB percentages77.6%, 87.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(191.6, 37.3%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 13.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK13.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,033,445
CSS custom property--colour: #C6DFE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#39201A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADDE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D9E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#BEE2E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.5Light blue · ΔE 7.7Gainsboro · ΔE 9.1Light grey · ΔE 9.5Light cyan · ΔE 11.3Alice blue · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5CCC6
Analogous#C6E5DC, #C6D0E5
Triadic#E5C6DF, #DFE5C6
Split complementary#E5C6D0, #E5DCC6
Tetradic#DCC6E5, #E5CCC6, #D0E5C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F3F5
Darker −10%#A3CBD5
Darker −20%#80B8C5
Darker −30%#5DA4B5
Darker −40%#468999
More saturated +25%#BCE5EF
Less saturated −25%#D0D9DB

Channel breakdown

R198
G223
B229
Red198 (77.6%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue191.61°
Saturation (HSL)37.35%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G DF · B E5

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