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Recognised as Colour

#C6E4E2

  • #C6E4E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C6E4E2 is a cyan with RGB values 198, 228, 226 and HSL 176°, 36%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C6E4E2#C6E4E2
HEX#C6E4E2
RGBrgb(198, 228, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8941, 0.8863
RGB percentages77.6%, 89.4%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(176, 35.7%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 13.2%, 89.4%)
CMYK13.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,034,722
CSS custom property--colour: #C6E4E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#391B1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E1E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADCE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BEE6E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.2Light cyan · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 10.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4C6C8
Analogous#C6E4D3, #C6D7E4
Triadic#E2C6E4, #E4E2C6
Split complementary#E4C6D7, #E4D3C6
Tetradic#D3C6E4, #E4C6C8, #D7E4C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F4F4
Darker −10%#A3D4D0
Darker −20%#81C3BF
Darker −30%#5EB3AD
Darker −40%#479791
More saturated +25%#BCEFEB
Less saturated −25%#D1DAD9

Channel breakdown

R198
G228
B226
Red198 (77.6%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue176°
Saturation (HSL)35.71%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C6 · G E4 · B E2

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