Recognised as Colour
#C2BDEE
- #C2BDEE
- Blue
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C2BDEE is a blue with RGB values 194, 189, 238 and HSL 246°, 59%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C2BDEE#C2BDEE
HEX#C2BDEE
RGBrgb(194, 189, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.7412, 0.9333
RGB percentages76.1%, 74.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(246.1, 59%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.1, 20.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK18.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,762,606
CSS custom property--colour: #C2BDEE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#3D4211
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E9EEBD
Analogous#BDD1EE, #DBBDEE
Triadic#EEC2BD, #BDEEC2
Split complementary#EEDBBD, #D1EEBD
Tetradic#EEBDD1, #E9EEBD, #BDEEDB
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R194
G189
B238
Red194 (76.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue246.12°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G BD · B EE
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