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Recognised as Colour

#C9E9E5

  • #C9E9E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#C9E9E5 is a cyan with RGB values 201, 233, 229 and HSL 173°, 42%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#C9E9E5#C9E9E5
HEX#C9E9E5
RGBrgb(201, 233, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.9137, 0.898
RGB percentages78.8%, 91.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(172.5, 42.1%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 13.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK13.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,232,613
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.27:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#36161A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E5E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C1EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Light cyan · ΔE 8.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Azure · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Honeydew · ΔE 11.7
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#E9C9CD
Analogous#C9E9D5, #C9DDE9
Triadic#E5C9E9, #E9E5C9
Split complementary#E9C9DD, #E9D5C9
Tetradic#D5C9E9, #E9C9CD, #DDE9C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF8F6
Darker −10%#A5DAD4
Darker −20%#81CBC2
Darker −30%#5CBDB1
Darker −40%#43A397
More saturated +25%#C0F3EC
Less saturated −25%#D3DFDE

Channel breakdown

R201
G233
B229
Red201 (78.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue172.5°
Saturation (HSL)42.11%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G E9 · B E5

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