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Recognised as Colour

#C0BCD8

  • #C0BCD8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C0BCD8 is a blue with RGB values 192, 188, 216 and HSL 249°, 26%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C0BCD8#C0BCD8
HEX#C0BCD8
RGBrgb(192, 188, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.7373, 0.8471
RGB percentages75.3%, 73.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(248.6, 26.4%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.6, 13%, 84.7%)
CMYK11.1%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,631,256
CSS custom property--colour: #C0BCD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#3F4327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BFD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BFD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BCC0C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.2Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 15.1Lavender · ΔE 15.3Light grey · ΔE 16.7Dark grey · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4D8BC
Analogous#BCC6D8, #CEBCD8
Triadic#D8C0BC, #BCD8C0
Split complementary#D8CEBC, #C6D8BC
Tetradic#D8BCC6, #D4D8BC, #BCD8CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCFE
Lighter +10%#DEDCEB
Darker −10%#A29CC5
Darker −20%#837CB2
Darker −30%#665C9F
Darker −40%#514A7E
More saturated +25%#B7AFE5
Less saturated −25%#C9C9CB

Channel breakdown

R192
G188
B216
Red192 (75.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue248.57°
Saturation (HSL)26.42%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C0 · G BC · B D8

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