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Recognised as Colour

#C9D8DC

  • #C9D8DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C9D8DC is a cyan with RGB values 201, 216, 220 and HSL 193°, 21%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C9D8DC#C9D8DC
HEX#C9D8DC
RGBrgb(201, 216, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8471, 0.8627
RGB percentages78.8%, 84.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(192.6, 21.3%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 8.6%, 86.3%)
CMYK8.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,228,252
CSS custom property--colour: #C9D8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.34:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#362723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D4DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.7Gainsboro · ΔE 6.1Silver · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 10.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.8Lavender · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCDC9
Analogous#C9DCD6, #C9CEDC
Triadic#DCC9D8, #D8DCC9
Split complementary#DCC9CE, #DCD6C9
Tetradic#D7C9DC, #DCCDC9, #CEDCC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8EEF0
Darker −10%#AAC2C8
Darker −20%#8BABB4
Darker −30%#6C95A0
Darker −40%#557A84
More saturated +25%#BEDEE7
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R201
G216
B220
Red201 (78.8%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue192.63°
Saturation (HSL)21.35%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G D8 · B DC

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