What color is #E5FFFC?

#E5FFFC is a very light, vivid spring green, closest to the named color Light Cyan. It belongs to the white family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #E5FFFC?

The RGB value is 229, 255, 252: 229 red, 255 green and 252 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #E5FFFC?

The complementary color is #FFE5E8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E5FFFC?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 20.04:1 and white text 1.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#E5FFFC color

#E5FFFC rgb(229, 255, 252)

Shades of white

The hex color #E5FFFC is a very light, vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 89.8% red, 100% green and 98.8% blue (229, 255, 252).

Its hue angle is 173°, with 100% saturation and 95% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 0% black.

The closest named color is Light Cyan (#E0FFFF), a difference of 1.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 20.04:1).

#E5FFFC color codes

HEX	`#E5FFFC`
RGB	`rgb(229, 255, 252)`
RGB percent	`rgb(89.8%, 100%, 98.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(173, 100%, 95%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(173, 10%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(10%, 0%, 1%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(98.12, -8.95, -1.43)`
CIE LCH	`lch(98.12, 9.06, 189.09)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(85.64, 95.205, 105.941)`
Decimal	`15073276`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #E5FFFC, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E5FFFC	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	20.04:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E5FFFC as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	20.04:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E5FFFC looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e5fffc; }
.text { color: #e5fffc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5fffc; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(229 255 252 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e5fffc, #e5f5ff); }

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Questions

What color is #E5FFFC?: #E5FFFC is a very light, vivid spring green, closest to the named color Light Cyan. It belongs to the white family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #E5FFFC?: The RGB value is 229, 255, 252: 229 red, 255 green and 252 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #E5FFFC?: The complementary color is #FFE5E8, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E5FFFC?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 20.04:1 and white text 1.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.