Colour

#C8E5DB

#C8E5DB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#C8E5DB is a cyan with RGB values 200, 229, 219 and HSL 159°, 36%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C8E5DB#C8E5DB

HEX#C8E5DB

RGBrgb(200, 229, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.898, 0.8588

RGB percentages78.4%, 89.8%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(159.3, 35.8%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(159.3, 12.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK12.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,166,043

CSS custom property--colour: #C8E5DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#371A24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E1DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDDDDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C2E6E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.3 Light cyan · ΔE 10.6 Honeydew · ΔE 11.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6 Light grey · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5C8D2

Analogous#C8E5CD, #C8E1E5

Triadic#DBC8E5, #E5DBC8

Split complementary#E5C8E1, #E5CDC8

Tetradic#CCC8E5, #E5C8D2, #E1E5C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EBF5F2

Darker −10%#A5D5C4

Darker −20%#83C4AE

Darker −30%#60B497

Darker −40%#48997D

More saturated +25%#BEEFDE

Less saturated −25%#D2DBD8

Channel breakdown

R200

G229

B219

Red200 (78.4%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue159.31°

Saturation (HSL)35.8%

Lightness84.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C8 · G E5 · B DB

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