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Recognised as Colour

#CCE3E9

  • #CCE3E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CCE3E9 is a cyan with RGB values 204, 227, 233 and HSL 192°, 40%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CCE3E9#CCE3E9
HEX#CCE3E9
RGBrgb(204, 227, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8902, 0.9137
RGB percentages80%, 89%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(192.4, 39.7%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.4, 12.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK12.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,427,689
CSS custom property--colour: #CCE3E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#331C16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE1E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DDE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C4E6E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 9Light grey · ΔE 9.4Alice blue · ΔE 9.9Light cyan · ΔE 10
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9D2CC
Analogous#CCE9E1, #CCD4E9
Triadic#E9CCE3, #E3E9CC
Split complementary#E9CCD4, #E9E1CC
Tetradic#E1CCE9, #E9D2CC, #D4E9CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F7F8
Darker −10%#A8CFDA
Darker −20%#85BCCA
Darker −30%#61A8BB
Darker −40%#4690A3
More saturated +25%#C3E8F2
Less saturated −25%#D5DEE0

Channel breakdown

R204
G227
B233
Red204 (80%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue192.41°
Saturation (HSL)39.73%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G E3 · B E9

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