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Recognised as Colour

#C8E0E5

  • #C8E0E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C8E0E5 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 224, 229 and HSL 190°, 36%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C8E0E5#C8E0E5
HEX#C8E0E5
RGBrgb(200, 224, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8784, 0.898
RGB percentages78.4%, 87.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(190.3, 35.8%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 12.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,164,773
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E0E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#371F1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDEE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DAE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0E2E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 8.4Gainsboro · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 9.1Light cyan · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5CDC8
Analogous#C8E5DC, #C8D2E5
Triadic#E5C8E0, #E0E5C8
Split complementary#E5C8D2, #E5DCC8
Tetradic#DCC8E5, #E5CDC8, #D2E5C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF4F5
Darker −10%#A5CCD5
Darker −20%#83B9C4
Darker −30%#60A5B4
Darker −40%#488B99
More saturated +25%#BEE7EF
Less saturated −25%#D2D9DB

Channel breakdown

R200
G224
B229
Red200 (78.4%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue190.34°
Saturation (HSL)35.8%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E0 · B E5

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