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Recognised as Colour

#CBECEA

  • #CBECEA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light cyan

#CBECEA is a cyan with RGB values 203, 236, 234 and HSL 176°, 46%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light cyan.

Colour values

#CBECEA#CBECEA
HEX#CBECEA
RGBrgb(203, 236, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.9255, 0.9176
RGB percentages79.6%, 92.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(176.4, 46.5%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 14%, 92.5%)
CMYK14%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,364,458
CSS custom property--colour: #CBECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.73:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#341315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8E8EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E1E3EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C2EEEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light cyan · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 7.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.4Azure · ΔE 10.1Mint cream · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight cyan (#E0FFFF)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCBCD
Analogous#CBECDA, #CBDEEC
Triadic#EACBEC, #ECEACB
Split complementary#ECCBDE, #ECDACB
Tetradic#D9CBEC, #ECCBCD, #DEECCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0FAF9
Darker −10%#A6DEDB
Darker −20%#80D1CC
Darker −30%#5BC3BD
Darker −40%#3FACA5
More saturated +25%#C2F5F2
Less saturated −25%#D4E3E2

Channel breakdown

R203
G236
B234
Red203 (79.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue176.36°
Saturation (HSL)46.48%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CB · G EC · B EA

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