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Recognised as Colour

#C2C3DA

  • #C2C3DA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C2C3DA is a blue with RGB values 194, 195, 218 and HSL 238°, 24%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C2C3DA#C2C3DA
HEX#C2C3DA
RGBrgb(194, 195, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.7647, 0.8549
RGB percentages76.1%, 76.5%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(237.5, 24.5%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.5, 11%, 85.5%)
CMYK11%, 10.6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,764,122
CSS custom property--colour: #C2C3DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#3D3C25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC5DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC4D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BDC7CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Thistle · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 12.4Lavender · ΔE 12.6Light grey · ΔE 13.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAD9C2
Analogous#C2CFDA, #CDC2DA
Triadic#DAC2C3, #C3DAC2
Split complementary#DACDC2, #CFDAC2
Tetradic#DAC2CF, #DAD9C2, #C2DACD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E2ED
Darker −10%#A2A4C7
Darker −20%#8385B3
Darker −30%#6365A0
Darker −40%#4F5181
More saturated +25%#B6B8E6
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R194
G195
B218
Red194 (76.1%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue237.5°
Saturation (HSL)24.49%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G C3 · B DA

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