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Hex #c5e5d8

#c5e5d8 is a great light green shade for your next project. Scroll down for #c5e5d8 color information, color shades and color usage information.

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#c5e5d8 Conversion table

Category	green (light green)
HEX	#c5e5d8 copy to clipboard
RGB	R 197 G 229 B 216 RGB (197, 229, 216) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 155.63 S 0.38 L 0.84
CMYK	C 13% M 0% Y 5% K 10%
Usage of green	The color #c5e5d8 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#c5e5d8 Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#c5e5d8 to RGB conversion

Red	197	197% RED
Green	229	229% GREEN
Blue	216	216% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(197, 229, 216); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(197, 229, 216); // for css background-color

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#c5e5d8 to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
12.55 %	0 %	5.1 %	10.2 %

#c5e5d8 to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
155.625	0.38	0.84

CSS code: color: hsl(155.6, 38%, 84%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #c5e5d8

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #c5e5d8

Tints and Shades of #c5e5d8

Tints of #c5e5d8		Shades of #c5e5d8
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a green Heading in #c5e5d8

This shows how text with the hex-color #c5e5d8 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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Green Color Scheme based on #c5e5d8

Primary
#c5e5d8 (already open)

Secondary
#e5c5d2

Tertiary
#ffffff

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Complementary Color: #e5c5d2

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Green Webdesign Color Scheme based on #c5e5d8

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