#c9e6ea

Color #c9e6ea

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 6.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e6ea

RGB

rgb(201, 230, 234)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 44%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 14.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(89.37, -8.68, -5.15)

LCH

lch(89.37, 10.09, 210.68)

OKLCH

oklch(90.5%, 0.031, 206.65)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 78.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eacdc9

Analogous

#c9eade

#c9e6ea

#c9d6ea

Triadic

#c9e6ea

#eac9e6

#e6eac9

Split-complementary

#c9e6ea

#eac9d6

#eadec9

Tetradic

#c9e6ea

#cdc9ea

#eacdc9

#e6eac9

Square

#c9e6ea

#dec9ea

#eacdc9

#d6eac9

Shades

Color #c9e6ea mixed toward black.

#95ced6

#61b6c1

#3d919d

#296168

#143034

Tints

Color #c9e6ea mixed toward white.

#d2eaee

#dbeef1

#e4f2f5

#edf7f8

#f6fbfc

Tones

Color #c9e6ea mixed toward gray.

#cce4e7

#cfe2e5

#d1e0e2

#d4dedf

#d7dcdc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d6d6e9 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#d4d2e9 · ΔE 16.9

Tritanopia

#cbe8e8 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 10.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e6ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e6ea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#c9e6ea (#c9e6ea) is rgb(201, 230, 234) in RGB.

No, #c9e6ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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