Colour

#C6E9EC

#C6E9EC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#C6E9EC is a cyan with RGB values 198, 233, 236 and HSL 185°, 50%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#C6E9EC

RGBrgb(198, 233, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.9137, 0.9255

RGB percentages77.6%, 91.4%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(184.7, 50%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 16.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK16.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,036,012

CSS custom property--colour: #C6E9EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.27:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#391613

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BBECEAno 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.8 Light cyan · ΔE 8.1 Light blue · ΔE 8.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 9 Azure · ΔE 11.2 Alice blue · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.82, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECC9C6

Analogous#C6ECDC, #C6D6EC

Triadic#ECC6E9, #E9ECC6

Split complementary#ECC6D6, #ECDCC6

Tetradic#DCC6EC, #ECC9C6, #D6ECC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#ECF8F9

Darker −10%#A0DADF

Darker −20%#7ACBD3

Darker −30%#53BDC6

Darker −40%#39A3AD

More saturated +25%#BDF1F6

Less saturated −25%#D0E1E3

Channel breakdown

R198

G233

B236

Red198 (77.6%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue184.74°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C6 · G E9 · B EC

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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