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Recognised as Colour

#C8E1E4

  • #C8E1E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C8E1E4 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 225, 228 and HSL 186°, 34%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C8E1E4#C8E1E4
HEX#C8E1E4
RGBrgb(200, 225, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8824, 0.8941
RGB percentages78.4%, 88.2%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(186.4, 34.1%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 12.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK12.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,165,028
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E1E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71731WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#371E1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDFE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C0E3E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.7Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 8.9Light grey · ΔE 9.3Light cyan · ΔE 10.3Alice blue · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4CBC8
Analogous#C8E4D9, #C8D3E4
Triadic#E4C8E1, #E1E4C8
Split complementary#E4C8D3, #E4D9C8
Tetradic#D9C8E4, #E4CBC8, #D3E4C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF4F5
Darker −10%#A6CED3
Darker −20%#84BCC2
Darker −30%#61A9B2
Darker −40%#4A8E96
More saturated +25%#BEE9EE
Less saturated −25%#D2D9DA

Channel breakdown

R200
G225
B228
Red200 (78.4%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue186.43°
Saturation (HSL)34.15%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E1 · B E4

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