#c5ebe7

Color #c5ebe7

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 7.27 Nearest Tailwind class teal-100 #cbfbf1 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c5ebe7

RGB

rgb(197, 235, 231)

HSL

hsl(173.7, 48.7%, 84.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.7, 16.2%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 1.7%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(90.35, -13.06, -2.18)

LCH

lch(90.35, 13.24, 189.48)

OKLCH

oklch(91.2%, 0.0399, 188.66)

HWB

hwb(173.7, 77.3%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebc5c9

Analogous

#c5ebd4

#c5ebe7

#c5dceb

Triadic

#c5ebe7

#e7c5eb

#ebe7c5

Split-complementary

#c5ebe7

#ebc5dc

#ebd4c5

Tetradic

#c5ebe7

#c5c9eb

#ebc5c9

#ebe7c5

Square

#c5ebe7

#d4c5eb

#ebc5c9

#dcebc5

Shades

Color #c5ebe7 mixed toward black.

#8fd9d1

#5ac6bb

#37a196

#256b64

#123632

Tints

Color #c5ebe7 mixed toward white.

#cfeeeb

#d8f2ef

#e2f5f3

#ecf8f7

#f5fcfb

Tones

Color #c5ebe7 mixed toward gray.

#c8e8e4

#cbe5e2

#cee1df

#d2dedd

#d5dbda

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

#d7d7e8 · ΔE 18.4

Deuteranopia

#d4d1e8 · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#c7e9e9 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c5ebe7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5ebe7]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#c5ebe7 (#c5ebe7) is rgb(197, 235, 231) in RGB.

No, #c5ebe7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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