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Recognised as Colour

#C9E4DD

  • #C9E4DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C9E4DD is a cyan with RGB values 201, 228, 221 and HSL 164°, 33%, 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

#C9E4DD#C9E4DD
HEX#C9E4DD
RGBrgb(201, 228, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8941, 0.8667
RGB percentages78.8%, 89.4%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(164.4, 33.3%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.4, 11.8%, 89.4%)
CMYK11.8%, 0%, 3.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,231,325
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E4DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.62:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#361B22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCDDDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C3E5E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Light cyan · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 11Honeydew · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4C9D0
Analogous#C9E4D0, #C9DEE4
Triadic#DDC9E4, #E4DDC9
Split complementary#E4C9DE, #E4D0C9
Tetradic#D0C9E4, #E4C9D0, #DEE4C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF5F2
Darker −10%#A7D3C8
Darker −20%#85C2B2
Darker −30%#63B19D
Darker −40%#4B9683
More saturated +25%#BFEEE2
Less saturated −25%#D3DAD8

Channel breakdown

R201
G228
B221
Red201 (78.8%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue164.44°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G E4 · B DD

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