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Colour

#C9D9CD

  • #C9D9CD
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C9D9CD is a green with RGB values 201, 217, 205 and HSL 135°, 17%, 82%. 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

#C9D9CD#C9D9CD
HEX#C9D9CD
RGBrgb(201, 217, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.851, 0.8039
RGB percentages78.8%, 85.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(135, 17.4%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(135, 7.4%, 85.1%)
CMYK7.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,228,493
CSS custom property--colour: #C9D9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#362632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D6CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D4CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C7D8D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 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 text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.6Gainsboro · ΔE 9Silver · ΔE 11.4Honeydew · ΔE 13.4Powder blue · ΔE 13.7Beige · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9C9D5
Analogous#CDD9C9, #C9D9D5
Triadic#CDC9D9, #D9CDC9
Split complementary#D5C9D9, #D9C9CD
Tetradic#C9CDD9, #D9C9D5, #D9D5C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EEE9
Darker −10%#ABC4B1
Darker −20%#8DAF96
Darker −30%#6F9A7A
Darker −40%#587E62
More saturated +25%#BEE5C7
Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R201
G217
B205
Red201 (78.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue135°
Saturation (HSL)17.39%
Lightness81.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G D9 · B CD

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