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Recognised as Colour

#C0BDD0

  • #C0BDD0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C0BDD0 is a blue with RGB values 192, 189, 208 and HSL 249°, 17%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C0BDD0#C0BDD0
HEX#C0BDD0
RGBrgb(192, 189, 208)
RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.7412, 0.8157
RGB percentages75.3%, 74.1%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(249.5, 16.8%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249.5, 9.1%, 81.6%)
CMYK7.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,631,504
CSS custom property--colour: #C0BDD0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 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#3F422F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BFD1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BDC0C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 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

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Thistle · ΔE 9Silver · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 12.5Dark grey · ΔE 13.1Lavender · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDD0BD
Analogous#BDC4D0, #CABDD0
Triadic#D0C0BD, #BDD0C0
Split complementary#D0C9BD, #C4D0BD
Tetradic#D0BDC4, #CDD0BD, #BDD0C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F9FA
Lighter +10%#DCDBE5
Darker −10%#A49FBB
Darker −20%#8781A6
Darker −30%#6C658F
Darker −40%#555071
More saturated +25%#B6AFDE
Less saturated −25%#C7C7C7

Channel breakdown

R192
G189
B208
Red192 (75.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue249.47°
Saturation (HSL)16.81%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C0 · G BD · B D0

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