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cyan · cool

#c1eddf

a light, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Pale Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Meadow Glacier

RGB
193, 237, 223
HSL
161°, 55%, 84%
CMYK
19, 0, 6, 7
Luminance
0.7723

#c1eddf is a light vivid cyan, 161° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.45:1). As text it scores 1.28:1 on white — use #268466 instead. Nearest name is Pale Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(161 55% 84%)rgb(193 237 223)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c1eddf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c1eddf
Hue
161°
cyan
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7723
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.45:1
Closest name
Pale Turquoise
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
17.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.911
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 19.8
Web-safe
#CCFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue161° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c1eddf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red15%
Green78%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#c1eddf
HEX (8-digit)#c1eddfff
RGBrgb(193, 237, 223)
RGBArgba(193, 237, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(161, 55%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161, 19%, 93%)
HWBhwb(161 76% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 0%, 6%, 7%)
LABlab(90.4 -16.9 2.1)
LCHlch(90.4 17.0 172.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.911 0.049 173.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.59, 77.23, 81.25)
Decimal12709343
Display P3color(display-p3 0.757 0.929 0.875)
Web-safe#CCFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c1eddf;
background-color: #c1eddf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c1eddf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c1eddf] bg-[#c1eddf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c1eddf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.757, green: 0.929, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.757, green: 0.929, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C1EDDF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC1EDDF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC1EDDF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 237, 193)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(193, 237, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(193, 237, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 193, 237, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7569f, 0.9294f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{193,237,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c1eddf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c1eddf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1D634C, #D3EEE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c1eddf h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4FBF9;
  --brand-100: #E9F6F2;
  --brand-200: #c1eddf;
  --brand-300: #A8E6D2;
  --brand-400: #7DD9BC;
  --brand-500: #51CDA5;
  --brand-600: #37BE93;
  --brand-700: #2E9E7A;
  --brand-800: #257E62;
  --brand-900: #1E5C48;
  --brand-950: #133A2D;
  --brand: #c1eddf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDE;
  --brand-hover: #A5E5D1;
  --brand-pressed: #8ADDC2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241F;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4FBF9',
        100: '#E9F6F2',
        200: '#c1eddf',
        300: '#A8E6D2',
        400: '#7DD9BC',
        500: '#51CDA5',
        600: '#37BE93',
        700: '#2E9E7A',
        800: '#257E62',
        900: '#1E5C48',
        950: '#133A2D',
        DEFAULT: '#c1eddf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4FBF9,
  '100': #E9F6F2,
  '200': #c1eddf,
  '300': #A8E6D2,
  '400': #7DD9BC,
  '500': #51CDA5,
  '600': #37BE93,
  '700': #2E9E7A,
  '800': #257E62,
  '900': #1E5C48,
  '950': #133A2D,
);
$brand-base: #c1eddf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4FBF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E9F6F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#c1eddf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A8E6D2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7DD9BC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#51CDA5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#37BE93", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#2E9E7A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#257E62", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#1E5C48", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#133A2D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #c1eddf · 16.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c1eddf as text scores 1.28:1 on white and 16.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1D634C at 5.59:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#268466 · 4.59:1
AA on white−51% L
#268466
The quick fox
#1D644D · 7.04:1
AAA on white−59% L
#1D644D
The quick fox
#c1eddf · 16.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c1eddf
The quick fox
#c1eddf · 16.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c1eddf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #31A781 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#c1eddf on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c1eddf on black: 16.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c1eddf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c1eddf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.28:1AaAa
Slate 501.22:1AaAa
Slate 1001.17:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4002.01:1AaAa
Slate 5003.73:1AaAa
Slate 6005.93:1AaAa
Slate 7008.11:1AaAa
Slate 80011.46:1AaAa
Slate 90013.98:1AaAa
Black16.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EAE7DE
deuteranopia · #E1E1E0
tritanopia · #B7EEE9

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #c1eddf is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4FBF9
#E9F6F2
#c1eddf
#A8E6D2
#7DD9BC
#51CDA5
#37BE93
#2E9E7A
#257E62
#1E5C48
#133A2D
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4FBF9Darkest = 950 · #133A2DText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.012 173.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 173.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.030 173.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.038 173.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.045 173.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.049 173.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.049 173.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.046 173.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.041 173.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.035 173.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.027 173.8);
}

Colors that work with #c1eddf

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDDE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B81
Captions on the surface
Accent#A3296E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1D634C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EBF9F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Hover#A5E5D1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8ADDC2
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F7F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#CEF5E8
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #c1eddf

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #1D634C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #31A781

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#EDC1CF
Analogous left#C1EDC9
Analogous right#C1E5ED
Split-complement 1#EDC1E5
Split-complement 2#EDC9C1
Triadic 1#DFC1ED
Triadic 2#EDDFC1
Tetradic#C9C1ED
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°161°

#c1eddf sits at 161°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.7%
Green92.9%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
193
0xc1
G · 0–255
237
0xed
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow5.9%
Key (black)7.1%

Total ink coverage is 32%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c1eddf text on a black background

contrast 16.45:1

Card sample

#c1eddf text on a white background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#c1eddf on grey

1.17:1

#c1eddf on its own surface

1.21:1

#c1eddf on its dark surface

12.63:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c1eddf;
Background color
Panel with #c1eddf background
background-color: #c1eddf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c1eddf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(193, 237, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(193, 237, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c1eddf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c1eddf, #C1DEED);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c1eddf, #C1D3ED);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c1eddf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c1eddf;
caret-color: #c1eddf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c1eddf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EBF9F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c1eddf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c1eddf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c1eddf over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(193, 237, 223, 0.5)
rgb(193 237 223 / 50%)
#c1eddf80
hsl(161 55% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c1eddf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c1eddf1a#F9FDFC
20%#c1eddf33#F3FBF9
40%#c1eddf66#E6F8F2
60%#c1eddf99#DAF4EC
80%#c1eddfcc#CDF1E5

Gradients from #c1eddf

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #EFFAF7, #c1eddf 45%, #1D634C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c1eddf, #A9CCE6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c1eddf, #EDC1CF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3FCF9 0%, #c1eddf 45%, #1D634C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E8F8EA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D9EDF4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1D634C 0%, transparent 65%), #c1eddf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c1eddf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#c1eddf in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.45:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#c1eddf, answered

What color is #c1eddf?

#c1eddf is a light vivid cyan, closest to Pale Turquoise (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 161° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #c1eddf?

rgb(193, 237, 223) — 193 red, 237 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 75.7% / 92.9% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #c1eddf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(161, 55%, 84%) and hsv(161, 19%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c1eddf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7723 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 16.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c1eddf?

Black. It scores 16.45:1 against #c1eddf, versus 1.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c1eddf accessible on a white background?

#c1eddf on white scores 1.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #268466 to reach 4.5:1, or #1D644D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c1eddf?

#EDC1CF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EDC1E5 and #EDC9C1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c1eddf?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDE for borders, #4B9B81 for secondary text, #A3296E as an accent and #1D634C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C1EDC9 and #C1E5ED stays calm, while #EDC1CF is the loudest partner.

What is #c1eddf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(19%, 0%, 6%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c1eddf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C1EDCF; nudged cooler, #C0ECEE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c1eddf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 19.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c1eddf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c1eddf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c1eddf] or text-[#c1eddf], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #c1eddf with 50% opacity?

rgba(193, 237, 223, 0.5), or #c1eddf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E0F6EF; over black, #617770.

Is #c1eddf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFCC, ΔE2000 11.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c1eddf mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #c1eddf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EFFAF7, #c1eddf 45%, #1D634C). For more colour, a short hue run to #A9CCE6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c1eddf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c1eddf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.