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Recognised as Colour

#C9D8D3

  • #C9D8D3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C9D8D3 is a cyan with RGB values 201, 216, 211 and HSL 160°, 16%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C9D8D3#C9D8D3
HEX#C9D8D3
RGBrgb(201, 216, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8471, 0.8275
RGB percentages78.8%, 84.7%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(160, 16.1%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 6.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK6.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,228,243
CSS custom property--colour: #C9D8D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.25:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#36272C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D6D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D4D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C6D8D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 6.6Silver · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 12White smoke · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8C9CE
Analogous#C9D8CB, #C9D6D8
Triadic#D3C9D8, #D8D3C9
Split complementary#D8C9D5, #D8CBC9
Tetradic#CBC9D8, #D8C9CE, #D6D8C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EDEB
Darker −10%#ABC3BB
Darker −20%#8EADA3
Darker −30%#70988B
Darker −40%#597C70
More saturated +25%#BDE4D7
Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R201
G216
B211
Red201 (78.8%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)16.13%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G D8 · B D3

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