Recognised as Colour
#C3BEED
- #C3BEED
- Blue
- Light
- Nearest: Thistle
#C3BEED is a blue with RGB values 195, 190, 237 and HSL 246°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.
Colour values
#C3BEED#C3BEED
HEX#C3BEED
RGBrgb(195, 190, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.7451, 0.9294
RGB percentages76.5%, 74.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(246.4, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.4, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK17.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,828,397
CSS custom property--colour: #C3BEED;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#3C4112
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E8EDBE
Analogous#BED1ED, #DBBEED
Triadic#EDC3BE, #BEEDC3
Split complementary#EDDBBE, #D1EDBE
Tetradic#EDBED1, #E8EDBE, #BEEDDB
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R195
G190
B237
Red195 (76.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue246.38°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G BE · B ED
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