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Recognised as Colour

#C2CBD8

  • #C2CBD8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C2CBD8 is a blue with RGB values 194, 203, 216 and HSL 215°, 22%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C2CBD8#C2CBD8
HEX#C2CBD8
RGBrgb(194, 203, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.7961, 0.8471
RGB percentages76.1%, 79.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(215.5, 22%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.5, 10.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK10.2%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,766,168
CSS custom property--colour: #C2CBD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#3D3427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CBD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C9D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BDCECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.2Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Silver · ΔE 8.4Gainsboro · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 11.4Lavender · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8CFC2
Analogous#C2D6D8, #C4C2D8
Triadic#D8C2CB, #CBD8C2
Split complementary#D8C4C2, #D6D8C2
Tetradic#D8C2D6, #D8CFC2, #C2D8C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1E6EC
Darker −10%#A3B0C4
Darker −20%#8496B0
Darker −30%#657B9C
Darker −40%#50637E
More saturated +25%#B6C9E5
Less saturated −25%#CDCDCD

Channel breakdown

R194
G203
B216
Red194 (76.1%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue215.45°
Saturation (HSL)22%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G CB · B D8

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