Colour

#C6EBEA

#C6EBEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#C6EBEA is a cyan with RGB values 198, 235, 234 and HSL 178°, 48%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C6EBEA#C6EBEA

HEX#C6EBEA

RGBrgb(198, 235, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.9216, 0.9176

RGB percentages77.6%, 92.2%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(178.4, 48.1%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 15.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK15.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,036,522

CSS custom property--colour: #C6EBEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.47:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#391415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6E7EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFE1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BBEDEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.5 Light cyan · ΔE 7.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8 Light blue · ΔE 10.5 Azure · ΔE 11.3 Mint cream · ΔE 12.7

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBC6C7

Analogous#C6EBD8, #C6DAEB

Triadic#EAC6EB, #EBEAC6

Split complementary#EBC6DA, #EBD7C6

Tetradic#D7C6EB, #EBC6C7, #DAEBC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#ECF8F8

Darker −10%#A0DEDC

Darker −20%#7AD1CE

Darker −30%#55C3C0

Darker −40%#3BAAA7

More saturated +25%#BCF5F3

Less saturated −25%#D0E1E1

Channel breakdown

R198

G235

B234

Red198 (77.6%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue178.38°

Saturation (HSL)48.05%

Lightness84.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C6 · G EB · B EA

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