#c9e5b8

Color #c9e5b8

A moderately saturated very light green.

Closest named color Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2 · ΔE 14.32 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e5b8

RGB

rgb(201, 229, 184)

HSL

hsl(97.3, 46.4%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(97.3, 19.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 19.7%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(87.93, -17.25, 18.93)

LCH

lch(87.93, 25.61, 132.34)

OKLCH

oklch(89%, 0.0671, 133.73)

HWB

hwb(97.3, 72.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4b8e5

Analogous

#e0e5b8

#c9e5b8

#b8e5be

Triadic

#c9e5b8

#b8c9e5

#e5b8c9

Split-complementary

#c9e5b8

#beb8e5

#e5b8e0

Tetradic

#c9e5b8

#b8e5d4

#d4b8e5

#e5b8c9

Square

#c9e5b8

#b8e0e5

#d4b8e5

#e5beb8

Shades

Color #c9e5b8 mixed toward black.

#a3d386

#7cc053

#5c9737

#3d6525

#1f3212

Tints

Color #c9e5b8 mixed toward white.

#d2e9c4

#dbeed0

#e4f2dc

#edf6e7

#f6fbf3

Tones

Color #c9e5b8 mixed toward gray.

#cae1bc

#cbdec0

#ccdac3

#cdd6c7

#ced2cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d6d6c4 · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#d4d2c7 · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#cbcdcf · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 18.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e5b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e5b8]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#c9e5b8 (#c9e5b8) is rgb(201, 229, 184) in RGB.

No, #c9e5b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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