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Recognised as Colour

#C2DCFD

  • #C2DCFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C2DCFD is a blue with RGB values 194, 220, 253 and HSL 214°, 94%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C2DCFD#C2DCFD
HEX#C2DCFD
RGBrgb(194, 220, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7608, 0.8627, 0.9922
RGB percentages76.1%, 86.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(213.6, 93.7%, 87.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.6, 23.3%, 99.2%)
CMYK23.3%, 13%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,770,557
CSS custom property--colour: #C2DCFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#3D2302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD7FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B2E3E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Lavender · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 12.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.5Powder blue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE3C2
Analogous#C2FAFD, #C6C2FD
Triadic#FDC2DC, #DCFDC2
Split complementary#FDC5C2, #FAFDC2
Tetradic#FDC2FA, #FDE3C2, #C2FDC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F8FF
Darker −10%#91C0FB
Darker −20%#5FA3FA
Darker −30%#2E87F8
Darker −40%#086CEB
More saturated +25%#C0DCFF
Less saturated −25%#CADDF5

Channel breakdown

R194
G220
B253
Red194 (76.1%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue213.56°
Saturation (HSL)93.65%
Lightness87.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C2 · G DC · B FD

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