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Colour

#C8E5EE

  • #C8E5EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C8E5EE is a cyan with RGB values 200, 229, 238 and HSL 194°, 53%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C8E5EE#C8E5EE
HEX#C8E5EE
RGBrgb(200, 229, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.898, 0.9333
RGB percentages78.4%, 89.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(194.2, 52.8%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 16%, 93.3%)
CMYK16%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,166,062
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#371A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE3EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BEE8E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 7.4Light cyan · ΔE 9.9Alice blue · ΔE 10.7Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9Light grey · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED1C8
Analogous#C8EEE4, #C8D2EE
Triadic#EEC8E5, #E5EEC8
Split complementary#EEC8D2, #EEE4C8
Tetradic#E4C8EE, #EED1C8, #D2EEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF7FA
Darker −10%#A1D3E2
Darker −20%#7AC0D6
Darker −30%#53AECA
Darker −40%#3796B3
More saturated +25%#BFEAF7
Less saturated −25%#D1E0E5

Channel breakdown

R200
G229
B238
Red200 (78.4%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue194.21°
Saturation (HSL)52.78%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E5 · B EE

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