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Recognised as Colour

#C6E9E4

  • #C6E9E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C6E9E4 is a cyan with RGB values 198, 233, 228 and HSL 171°, 44%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C6E9E4#C6E9E4
HEX#C6E9E4
RGBrgb(198, 233, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.9137, 0.8941
RGB percentages77.6%, 91.4%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(171.4, 44.3%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 15%, 91.4%)
CMYK15%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,036,004
CSS custom property--colour: #C6E9E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#39161B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E5E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BDEBE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Light cyan · ΔE 8.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.9Azure · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 11.8Honeydew · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9C6CB
Analogous#C6E9D3, #C6DDE9
Triadic#E4C6E9, #E9E4C6
Split complementary#E9C6DD, #E9D3C6
Tetradic#D3C6E9, #E9C6CB, #DDE9C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF7F5
Darker −10%#A1DBD3
Darker −20%#7CCDC1
Darker −30%#58BEB0
Darker −40%#3FA495
More saturated +25%#BCF3EB
Less saturated −25%#D0DFDD

Channel breakdown

R198
G233
B228
Red198 (77.6%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue171.43°
Saturation (HSL)44.3%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C6 · G E9 · B E4

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