#C8EEEC

sRGB: 200 / 238 / 236

Celestial flames illuminate hidden paths
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Infinite wonders awaken sleeping galaxies

#C8EEEC belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 200 red, 238 green and 236 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 176.8° lands in the cyan region. Its 52.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (16.90:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 200, 238, 236
HSL: 176.84°, 52.78%, 85.88%
HSV / HSB: 176.84°, 15.97%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 15.97%, 0.00%, 0.84%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.531, 79.483, 91.038
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.453, -12.633, -3.140
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79485
24-bit decimal: 13168364

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C8EEEC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 16.90:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#EEC8CA sits half a turn (180°) from #C8EEEC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C8EEEC #EEC8CA

Analogous

#C8EED9 and #C8DDEE sit 30° to either side of #C8EEEC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C8EED9 #C8EEEC #C8DDEE

Triadic

#C8EEEC, #ECC8EE and #EEECC8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C8EEEC #ECC8EE #EEECC8

Split complementary

Start at #C8EEEC and look across the wheel. #EEC8DD and #EED9C8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C8EEEC #EEC8DD #EED9C8

Square

Starting with #C8EEEC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D9C8EE, #EEC8CA, then #DDEEC8. Across the square, #C8EEEC pairs with #EEC8CA, and #D9C8EE with #DDEEC8.

#C8EEEC #D9C8EE #EEC8CA #DDEEC8

Tetradic

#C8EEEC and #EEC8CA are opposites, as are #C8CAEE and #EEECC8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C8EEEC #C8CAEE #EEC8CA #EEECC8

Tints

Mixing #C8EEEC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D3F1F0, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4FCFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#C8EEEC #D3F1F0 #DEF5F4 #E9F8F7 #F4FCFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C8EEEC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A0BEBD, keeps 80% of the original. By #28302F, the mixture is 80% black.

#C8EEEC #A0BEBD #788F8E #505F5E #28302F #000000

Tones

Mixing #C8EEEC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BAD8D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E9696, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C8EEEC #BAD8D6 #ABC2C1 #9DACAB #8E9696 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C8EEEC

RGB

rgb(200 238 236)

HSL

hsl(176.842 52.778% 85.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C8EEEC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C8EEEC uses 200 red, 238 green and 236 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.4%

Green 93.3%

Blue 92.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C8EEEC is 16.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 0.8% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 16.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 0.8%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCEEEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CEE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C8EEEC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCEEEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#C8EEEC #CEE8E6 #D5E1E1 #DBDBDB #E1D5D5 #E8CED0 #EEC8CA

Color vision previews

Compare how #C8EEEC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E9EAEC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E2E4EC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BDF0ED

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DEEBEC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBE8EC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C7EEEC

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E6E6E6

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D8EAE9

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57758 G 0.85499 B 0.83880

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.81342 G 0.92888 B 0.92389

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.62683 G 0.84578 B 0.83551

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.290 y 0.331 Y 79.483

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.569 M % 6.667 Y % 7.451

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001000 11101110 11101100