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Recognised as Colour

#C9E3E2

  • #C9E3E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C9E3E2 is a cyan with RGB values 201, 227, 226 and HSL 178°, 32%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C9E3E2#C9E3E2
HEX#C9E3E2
RGBrgb(201, 227, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8902, 0.8863
RGB percentages78.8%, 89%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(177.7, 31.7%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 11.5%, 89%)
CMYK11.5%, 0%, 0.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,231,074
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E3E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72847WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.57:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#361C1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E0E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADCE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C2E5E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Gainsboro · ΔE 9.1Light cyan · ΔE 9.6Light grey · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 10.4Azure · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3C9CA
Analogous#C9E3D5, #C9D7E3
Triadic#E2C9E3, #E3E2C9
Split complementary#E3C9D7, #E3D5C9
Tetradic#D5C9E3, #E3C9CA, #D7E3C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF4F4
Darker −10%#A7D2D0
Darker −20%#86C0BE
Darker −30%#64AFAC
Darker −40%#4C9491
More saturated +25%#BFEDEB
Less saturated −25%#D3D9D9

Channel breakdown

R201
G227
B226
Red201 (78.8%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue177.69°
Saturation (HSL)31.71%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G E3 · B E2

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