#c9eeee

Color #c9eeee

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Cyan #e0ffff · ΔE 6.63 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9eeee

RGB

rgb(201, 238, 238)

HSL

hsl(180, 52.1%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 15.5%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(91.57, -11.92, -4.01)

LCH

lch(91.57, 12.58, 198.59)

OKLCH

oklch(92.3%, 0.0384, 196.5)

HWB

hwb(180, 78.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eec9c9

Analogous

#c9eedc

#c9eeee

#c9dcee

Triadic

#c9eeee

#eec9ee

#eeeec9

Split-complementary

#c9eeee

#eec9dc

#eedcc9

Tetradic

#c9eeee

#c9c9ee

#eec9c9

#eeeec9

Square

#c9eeee

#dcc9ee

#eec9c9

#dceec9

Shades

Color #c9eeee mixed toward black.

#91dcdc

#5acbcb

#35a7a7

#236f6f

#123838

Tints

Color #c9eeee mixed toward white.

#d2f1f1

#dbf4f4

#e4f7f7

#edf9f9

#f6fcfc

Tones

Color #c9eeee mixed toward gray.

#ccebeb

#cfe8e8

#d2e5e5

#d5e2e2

#d8dfdf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dadaee · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#d8d5ee · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#cbeeee · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9eeee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9eeee]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#c9eeee (#c9eeee) is rgb(201, 238, 238) in RGB.

No, #c9eeee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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