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Recognised as Colour

#C8EAE1

  • #C8EAE1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#C8EAE1 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 234, 225 and HSL 164°, 45%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#C8EAE1#C8EAE1
HEX#C8EAE1
RGBrgb(200, 234, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9176, 0.8824
RGB percentages78.4%, 91.8%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(164.1, 44.7%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.1, 14.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK14.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,167,329
CSS custom property--colour: #C8EAE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.31:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#37151E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7E6E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E1E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0EBE7no 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 9.2Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8Honeydew · ΔE 11Azure · ΔE 12.1Mint cream · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC8D1
Analogous#C8EAD0, #C8E2EA
Triadic#E1C8EA, #EAE1C8
Split complementary#EAC8E2, #EAD0C8
Tetradic#D0C8EA, #EAC8D1, #E2EAC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF8F5
Darker −10%#A3DCCD
Darker −20%#7ECEB9
Darker −30%#59C0A5
Darker −40%#40A68B
More saturated +25%#BFF4E5
Less saturated −25%#D2E1DD

Channel breakdown

R200
G234
B225
Red200 (78.4%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue164.12°
Saturation (HSL)44.74%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C8 · G EA · B E1

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