Recognised as Colour
#C3BDEE
- #C3BDEE
- Blue
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C3BDEE is a blue with RGB values 195, 189, 238 and HSL 247°, 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
#C3BDEE#C3BDEE
HEX#C3BDEE
RGBrgb(195, 189, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.7412, 0.9333
RGB percentages76.5%, 74.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(247.3, 59%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.3, 20.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK18.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,828,142
CSS custom property--colour: #C3BDEE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.5417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#3C4211
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E8EEBD
Analogous#BDD0EE, #DBBDEE
Triadic#EEC3BD, #BDEEC3
Split complementary#EEDCBD, #D0EEBD
Tetradic#EEBDD0, #E8EEBD, #BDEEDB
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R195
G189
B238
Red195 (76.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue247.35°
Saturation (HSL)59.04%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G BD · B EE
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