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Recognised as Colour

#C9FAFF

  • #C9FAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#C9FAFF is a cyan with RGB values 201, 250, 255 and HSL 186°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#C9FAFF#C9FAFF
HEX#C9FAFF
RGBrgb(201, 250, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.9804, 1
RGB percentages78.8%, 98%, 100%
HSLhsl(185.6, 100%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.6, 21.2%, 100%)
CMYK21.2%, 2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,236,991
CSS custom property--colour: #C9FAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness237 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.6:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#360500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2F6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8EEFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B8FEFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 6.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Azure · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 12.5Alice blue · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFCEC9
Analogous#C9FFE9, #C9DFFF
Triadic#FFC9FA, #FAFFC9
Split complementary#FFC9DF, #FFE9C9
Tetradic#E9C9FF, #FFCEC9, #DFFFC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFFFF
Darker −10%#96F5FF
Darker −20%#63F1FF
Darker −30%#30ECFF
Darker −40%#00E5FC
More saturated +25%#C9FAFF
Less saturated −25%#D0F4F8

Channel breakdown

R201
G250
B255
Red201 (78.8%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue185.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G FA · B FF

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