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Recognised as Colour

#C9E7D2

  • #C9E7D2
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Honeydew

#C9E7D2 is a green with RGB values 201, 231, 210 and HSL 138°, 38%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Honeydew.

Colour values

#C9E7D2#C9E7D2
HEX#C9E7D2
RGBrgb(201, 231, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.9059, 0.8235
RGB percentages78.8%, 90.6%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(138, 38.5%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138, 13%, 90.6%)
CMYK13%, 0%, 9.1%, 9.4%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,232,082
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E7D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#36182D

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#E7E2D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1DED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Tritanopia#C5E6E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourHoneydew (#F0FFF0)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#E7C9DE
Analogous#CFE7C9, #C9E7E1
Triadic#D2C9E7, #E7D2C9
Split complementary#E1C9E7, #E7C9CF
Tetradic#C9CFE7, #E7C9DE, #E7E1C9

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF7EF
Darker −10%#A6D7B5
Darker −20%#82C897
Darker −30%#5FB87A
Darker −40%#469E60
More saturated +25%#BFF1CE
Less saturated −25%#D3DDD6

Channel breakdown

R201
G231
B210
Red201 (78.8%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue138°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G E7 · B D2

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