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Recognised as Colour

#C9DBDE

  • #C9DBDE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C9DBDE is a cyan with RGB values 201, 219, 222 and HSL 189°, 24%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#C9DBDE#C9DBDE
HEX#C9DBDE
RGBrgb(201, 219, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8588, 0.8706
RGB percentages78.8%, 85.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(188.6, 24.1%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 9.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,229,022
CSS custom property--colour: #C9DBDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#362421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D9DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D6DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C3DDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.7Light grey · ΔE 6.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 10.7Alice blue · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECCC9
Analogous#C9DED7, #C9D0DE
Triadic#DEC9DB, #DBDEC9
Split complementary#DEC9D0, #DED6C9
Tetradic#D7C9DE, #DECCC9, #D0DEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F0F1
Darker −10%#A9C6CB
Darker −20%#8AB1B7
Darker −30%#6A9CA4
Darker −40%#538088
More saturated +25%#BEE3E9
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R201
G219
B222
Red201 (78.8%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G DB · B DE

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