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Recognised as Colour

#C6ECEE

  • #C6ECEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C6ECEE is a cyan with RGB values 198, 236, 238 and HSL 183°, 54%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C6ECEE#C6ECEE
HEX#C6ECEE
RGBrgb(198, 236, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.9255, 0.9333
RGB percentages77.6%, 92.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(183, 54.1%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 16.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK16.8%, 0.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,036,782
CSS custom property--colour: #C6ECEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.63:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#391311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E8EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE2EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BAEFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6Light cyan · ΔE 7.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 9.6Azure · ΔE 11.2Alice blue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC8C6
Analogous#C6EEDC, #C6D8EE
Triadic#EEC6EC, #ECEEC6
Split complementary#EEC6D8, #EEDCC6
Tetradic#DCC6EE, #EEC8C6, #D8EEC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF9FA
Darker −10%#9FDFE2
Darker −20%#77D2D7
Darker −30%#50C5CB
Darker −40%#35ACB3
More saturated +25%#BDF4F7
Less saturated −25%#CFE4E5

Channel breakdown

R198
G236
B238
Red198 (77.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue183°
Saturation (HSL)54.05%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G EC · B EE

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