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Recognised as Colour

#C9DED9

  • #C9DED9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C9DED9 is a cyan with RGB values 201, 222, 217 and HSL 166°, 24%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#C9DED9#C9DED9
HEX#C9DED9
RGBrgb(201, 222, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8706, 0.851
RGB percentages78.8%, 87.1%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(165.7, 24.1%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.7, 9.5%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.5%, 0%, 2.3%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,229,785
CSS custom property--colour: #C9DED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#362126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDBD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D8D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 8Light grey · ΔE 8.2Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Light cyan · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC9CE
Analogous#C9DECE, #C9D9DE
Triadic#D9C9DE, #DED9C9
Split complementary#DEC9D9, #DECEC9
Tetradic#CEC9DE, #DEC9CE, #D9DEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F1EF
Darker −10%#A9CBC3
Darker −20%#8AB7AC
Darker −30%#6AA496
Darker −40%#53887B
More saturated +25%#BEE9DF
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R201
G222
B217
Red201 (78.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue165.71°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G DE · B D9

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