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Recognised as Colour

#C8D6CE

  • #C8D6CE
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8D6CE is a green with RGB values 200, 214, 206 and HSL 146°, 15%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C8D6CE#C8D6CE
HEX#C8D6CE
RGBrgb(200, 214, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8392, 0.8078
RGB percentages78.4%, 83.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(145.7, 14.6%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(145.7, 6.5%, 83.9%)
CMYK6.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,162,190
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D6CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64829WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.97:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#372931

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D4CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D2CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C6D6D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.6Gainsboro · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 13.1White smoke · ΔE 13.8Linen · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.63, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6C8D0
Analogous#C9D6C8, #C8D6D5
Triadic#CEC8D6, #D6CEC8
Split complementary#D5C8D6, #D6C8C9
Tetradic#C8C9D6, #D6C8D0, #D6D5C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5ECE8
Darker −10%#ABC0B4
Darker −20%#8EAA9A
Darker −30%#709580
Darker −40%#5A7867
More saturated +25%#BCE2CC
Less saturated −25%#CFCFCF

Channel breakdown

R200
G214
B206
Red200 (78.4%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue145.71°
Saturation (HSL)14.58%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C8 · G D6 · B CE

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