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Recognised as Colour

#C9E0EB

  • #C9E0EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C9E0EB is a cyan with RGB values 201, 224, 235 and HSL 199°, 46%, 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 Light blue.

Colour values

#C9E0EB#C9E0EB
HEX#C9E0EB
RGBrgb(201, 224, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8784, 0.9216
RGB percentages78.8%, 87.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(199.4, 45.9%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 14.5%, 92.2%)
CMYK14.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,230,315
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E0EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#361F14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADFECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DAEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0E3E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 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 text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Gainsboro · ΔE 9.6Lavender · ΔE 10.1Light grey · ΔE 10.2Alice blue · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBD4C9
Analogous#C9EBE5, #C9CFEB
Triadic#EBC9E0, #E0EBC9
Split complementary#EBC9CF, #EBE5C9
Tetradic#E5C9EB, #EBD4C9, #CFEBC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EEF5F9
Darker −10%#A4CBDD
Darker −20%#7FB5CF
Darker −30%#59A0C2
Darker −40%#3F87A9
More saturated +25%#C0E3F4
Less saturated −25%#D2DDE2

Channel breakdown

R201
G224
B235
Red201 (78.8%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue199.41°
Saturation (HSL)45.95%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G E0 · B EB

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