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Recognised as Colour

#C9D6DA

  • #C9D6DA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C9D6DA is a cyan with RGB values 201, 214, 218 and HSL 194°, 19%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C9D6DA#C9D6DA
HEX#C9D6DA
RGBrgb(201, 214, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8392, 0.8549
RGB percentages78.8%, 83.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(194.1, 18.7%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 7.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK7.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,227,738
CSS custom property--colour: #C9D6DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#362925

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D5DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D3DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C5D8D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5Gainsboro · ΔE 5.8Silver · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 11.5Lavender · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACDC9
Analogous#C9DAD5, #C9CEDA
Triadic#DAC9D6, #D6DAC9
Split complementary#DAC9CE, #DAD5C9
Tetradic#D5C9DA, #DACDC9, #CEDAC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EDEF
Darker −10%#ABBFC5
Darker −20%#8CA8B1
Darker −30%#6E919C
Darker −40%#577680
More saturated +25%#BEDCE5
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R201
G214
B218
Red201 (78.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)18.68%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G D6 · B DA

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