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Colour

#C2C8DA

  • #C2C8DA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C2C8DA is a blue with RGB values 194, 200, 218 and HSL 225°, 24%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C2C8DA#C2C8DA
HEX#C2C8DA
RGBrgb(194, 200, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.7843, 0.8549
RGB percentages76.1%, 78.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(225, 24.5%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 11%, 85.5%)
CMYK11%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,765,402
CSS custom property--colour: #C2C8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#3D3725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C9DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C7DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BDCBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Silver · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 10.5Lavender · ΔE 11.4Thistle · ΔE 11.8Gainsboro · ΔE 12.1
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#DAD4C2
Analogous#C2D4DA, #C8C2DA
Triadic#DAC2C8, #C8DAC2
Split complementary#DAC8C2, #D4DAC2
Tetradic#DAC2D4, #DAD4C2, #C2DAC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E5ED
Darker −10%#A2ABC7
Darker −20%#838FB3
Darker −30%#6372A0
Darker −40%#4F5B81
More saturated +25%#B6C2E6
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R194
G200
B218
Red194 (76.1%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)24.49%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G C8 · B DA

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