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Recognised as Colour

#C6E1E0

  • #C6E1E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C6E1E0 is a cyan with RGB values 198, 225, 224 and HSL 178°, 31%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C6E1E0#C6E1E0
HEX#C6E1E0
RGBrgb(198, 225, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8824, 0.8784
RGB percentages77.6%, 88.2%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(177.8, 31%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 12%, 88.2%)
CMYK12%, 0%, 0.4%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,033,952
CSS custom property--colour: #C6E1E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#391E1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DAE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BFE3E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.6Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 9.9Light grey · ΔE 9.9Light cyan · ΔE 10.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1C6C7
Analogous#C6E1D3, #C6D4E1
Triadic#E0C6E1, #E1E0C6
Split complementary#E1C6D4, #E1D3C6
Tetradic#D3C6E1, #E1C6C7, #D4E1C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F3F2
Darker −10%#A5CFCE
Darker −20%#83BEBC
Darker −30%#62ACA9
Darker −40%#4C8F8D
More saturated +25%#BBECEA
Less saturated −25%#D1D6D6

Channel breakdown

R198
G225
B224
Red198 (77.6%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue177.78°
Saturation (HSL)31.03%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C6 · G E1 · B E0

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