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Recognised as Colour

#C8E8DD

  • #C8E8DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#C8E8DD is a cyan with RGB values 200, 232, 221 and HSL 159°, 41%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#C8E8DD#C8E8DD
HEX#C8E8DD
RGBrgb(200, 232, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9098, 0.8667
RGB percentages78.4%, 91%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(159.4, 41%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.4, 13.8%, 91%)
CMYK13.8%, 0%, 4.7%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,166,813
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E8DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75213WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#371722

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E4DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0DFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C1E9E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 10.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9Honeydew · ΔE 11Azure · ΔE 12.7Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8C8D3
Analogous#C8E8CD, #C8E3E8
Triadic#DDC8E8, #E8DDC8
Split complementary#E8C8E3, #E8CDC8
Tetradic#CDC8E8, #E8C8D3, #E3E8C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF7F3
Darker −10%#A4D9C7
Darker −20%#80CAB1
Darker −30%#5CBB9A
Darker −40%#43A181
More saturated +25%#BEF2E0
Less saturated −25%#D2DEDA

Channel breakdown

R200
G232
B221
Red200 (78.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue159.38°
Saturation (HSL)41.03%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C8 · G E8 · B DD

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