#c9e5e3

Color #c9e5e3

A muted very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e5e3

RGB

rgb(201, 229, 227)

HSL

hsl(175.7, 35%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.7, 12.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(88.92, -9.56, -2.14)

LCH

lch(88.92, 9.8, 192.62)

OKLCH

oklch(90.1%, 0.0297, 191.46)

HWB

hwb(175.7, 78.8%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5c9cb

Analogous

#c9e5d5

#c9e5e3

#c9d9e5

Triadic

#c9e5e3

#e3c9e5

#e5e3c9

Split-complementary

#c9e5e3

#e5c9d9

#e5d5c9

Tetradic

#c9e5e3

#c9cbe5

#e5c9cb

#e5e3c9

Square

#c9e5e3

#d5c9e5

#e5c9cb

#d9e5c9

Shades

Color #c9e5e3 mixed toward black.

#99ceca

#68b6b1

#46918c

#2f615d

#17302f

Tints

Color #c9e5e3 mixed toward white.

#d2e9e8

#dbeeec

#e4f2f1

#edf6f6

#f6fbfa

Tones

Color #c9e5e3 mixed toward gray.

#cbe3e1

#cee0df

#d0dedd

#d2dcdb

#d5d9d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d6d6e3 · ΔE 14.6

Deuteranopia

#d4d2e4 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#cbe4e4 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#dfdfdf · ΔE 10.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e5e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e5e3]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#c9e5e3 (#c9e5e3) is rgb(201, 229, 227) in RGB.

No, #c9e5e3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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