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Recognised as Colour

#C9E0E6

  • #C9E0E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C9E0E6 is a cyan with RGB values 201, 224, 230 and HSL 192°, 37%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C9E0E6#C9E0E6
HEX#C9E0E6
RGBrgb(201, 224, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8784, 0.902
RGB percentages78.8%, 87.8%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(192.4, 36.7%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 12.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK12.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,230,310
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E0E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#361F19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDEE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DAE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C1E3E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 8.4Gainsboro · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 9Alice blue · ΔE 10.8Light cyan · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6CFC9
Analogous#C9E6DE, #C9D2E6
Triadic#E6C9E0, #E0E6C9
Split complementary#E6C9D2, #E6DEC9
Tetradic#DEC9E6, #E6CFC9, #D2E6C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF4F6
Darker −10%#A6CCD6
Darker −20%#83B8C6
Darker −30%#60A4B6
Darker −40%#488A9B
More saturated +25%#BFE6F0
Less saturated −25%#D3DADC

Channel breakdown

R201
G224
B230
Red201 (78.8%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue192.41°
Saturation (HSL)36.71%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G E0 · B E6

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