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Recognised as Colour

#C8EEFF

  • #C8EEFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C8EEFF is a cyan with RGB values 200, 238, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C8EEFF#C8EEFF
HEX#C8EEFF
RGBrgb(200, 238, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9333, 1
RGB percentages78.4%, 93.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(198.5, 100%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 21.6%, 100%)
CMYK21.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,168,383
CSS custom property--colour: #C8EEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.13:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#371100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE5FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Tritanopia#B8F3F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 9Light cyan · ΔE 10.7Alice blue · ΔE 12Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.6Lavender · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD9C8
Analogous#C8FFF4, #C8D3FF
Triadic#FFC8EE, #EEFFC8
Split complementary#FFC8D3, #FFF4C8
Tetradic#F4C8FF, #FFD9C8, #D3FFC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFEFF
Darker −10%#95DEFF
Darker −20%#62CEFF
Darker −30%#2FBFFF
Darker −40%#00ADFB
More saturated +25%#C8EEFF
Less saturated −25%#CFEBF8

Channel breakdown

R200
G238
B255
Red200 (78.4%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.55°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G EE · B FF

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