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Recognised as Colour

#C9FCED

  • #C9FCED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#C9FCED is a cyan with RGB values 201, 252, 237 and HSL 162°, 89%, 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 Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#C9FCED#C9FCED
HEX#C9FCED
RGBrgb(201, 252, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.9882, 0.9294
RGB percentages78.8%, 98.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(162.4, 89.5%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.4, 20.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK20.2%, 0%, 6%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,237,485
CSS custom property--colour: #C9FCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.63:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0
Inverted#360312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8F5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFEEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BDFDF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 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 text18.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8Light cyan · ΔE 10.8Honeydew · ΔE 12.5Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Azure · ΔE 15.1Mint cream · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCC9D8
Analogous#C9FCD3, #C9F1FC
Triadic#EDC9FC, #FCEDC9
Split complementary#FCC9F1, #FCD3C9
Tetradic#D3C9FC, #FCC9D8, #F1FCC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FFFD
Darker −10%#99F9DD
Darker −20%#68F7CD
Darker −30%#38F4BD
Darker −40%#0DECAA
More saturated +25%#C6FFEE
Less saturated −25%#D0F5EA

Channel breakdown

R201
G252
B237
Red201 (78.8%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue162.35°
Saturation (HSL)89.47%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C9 · G FC · B ED

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