#c9eae7

Color #c9eae7

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 7.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c9eae7

RGB

rgb(201, 234, 231)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 44%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 14.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(90.34, -11.31, -2.16)

LCH

lch(90.34, 11.51, 190.81)

OKLCH

oklch(91.2%, 0.0347, 189.79)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 78.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac9cc

Analogous

#c9ead6

#c9eae7

#c9ddea

Triadic

#c9eae7

#e7c9ea

#eae7c9

Split-complementary

#c9eae7

#eac9dd

#ead6c9

Tetradic

#c9eae7

#c9ccea

#eac9cc

#eae7c9

Square

#c9eae7

#d6c9ea

#eac9cc

#ddeac9

Shades

Color #c9eae7 mixed toward black.

#95d6d0

#61c1b9

#3d9d94

#296863

#143431

Tints

Color #c9eae7 mixed toward white.

#d2eeeb

#dbf1ef

#e4f5f3

#edf8f7

#f6fcfb

Tones

Color #c9eae7 mixed toward gray.

#cce7e5

#cfe5e2

#d1e2e0

#d4dfde

#d7dcdc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d8e8 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#d6d4e8 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#cbe8e8 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9eae7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9eae7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#c9eae7 (#c9eae7) is rgb(201, 234, 231) in RGB.

No, #c9eae7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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