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Recognised as Colour

#C8E8EE

  • #C8E8EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C8E8EE is a cyan with RGB values 200, 232, 238 and HSL 189°, 53%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C8E8EE#C8E8EE
HEX#C8E8EE
RGBrgb(200, 232, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9098, 0.9333
RGB percentages78.4%, 91%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(189.5, 52.8%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 16%, 93.3%)
CMYK16%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,166,830
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.23:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#371711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BDEBEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 8.1Light cyan · ΔE 8.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Alice blue · ΔE 10.9Azure · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECEC8
Analogous#C8EEE1, #C8D5EE
Triadic#EEC8E8, #E8EEC8
Split complementary#EEC8D5, #EEE1C8
Tetradic#E1C8EE, #EECEC8, #D5EEC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF8FA
Darker −10%#A1D8E2
Darker −20%#7AC7D6
Darker −30%#53B7CA
Darker −40%#379FB3
More saturated +25%#BFEEF7
Less saturated −25%#D1E2E5

Channel breakdown

R200
G232
B238
Red200 (78.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue189.47°
Saturation (HSL)52.78%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E8 · B EE

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