Recognised as Colour

#C6ECD9

#C6ECD9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Honeydew

#C6ECD9 is a cyan with RGB values 198, 236, 217 and HSL 150°, 50%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Honeydew.

Colour values

#C6ECD9#C6ECD9

HEX#C6ECD9

RGBrgb(198, 236, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.9255, 0.851

RGB percentages77.6%, 92.5%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(150, 50%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150, 16.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK16.1%, 0%, 8.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,036,761

CSS custom property--colour: #C6ECD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.4:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#391326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAE6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E3E1DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Tritanopia#BFECE6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Honeydew · ΔE 11.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Light cyan · ΔE 12.9 Powder blue · ΔE 13.9 Beige · ΔE 14.8 Mint cream · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECC6D9

Analogous#C6ECC6, #C6ECEC

Triadic#D9C6EC, #ECD9C6

Split complementary#ECC6EC, #ECC6C6

Tetradic#C6C6EC, #ECC6D9, #ECECC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#ECF9F3

Darker −10%#A0DFC0

Darker −20%#7AD3A6

Darker −30%#53C68D

Darker −40%#39AD73

More saturated +25%#BDF6D9

Less saturated −25%#D0E3D9

Channel breakdown

R198

G236

B217

Red198 (77.6%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue150°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C6 · G EC · B D9

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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