Recognised as Colour

#C3CDEB

#C3CDEB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#C3CDEB is a blue with RGB values 195, 205, 235 and HSL 225°, 50%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C3CDEB#C3CDEB

HEX#C3CDEB

RGBrgb(195, 205, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.8039, 0.9216

RGB percentages76.5%, 80.4%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(225, 50%, 84.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 17%, 92.2%)

CMYK17%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,832,235

CSS custom property--colour: #C3CDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61263WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#3C3214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5CFECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2CCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BAD3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.7 Lavender · ΔE 11.3 Thistle · ΔE 12.7 Light blue · ΔE 14.3 Light grey · ΔE 16.3 Silver · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EBE1C3

Analogous#C3E1EB, #CDC3EB

Triadic#EBC3CD, #CDEBC3

Split complementary#EBCDC3, #E1EBC3

Tetradic#EBC3E1, #EBE1C3, #C3EBCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E9EDF8

Darker −10%#9DADDE

Darker −20%#768DD1

Darker −30%#506DC5

Darker −40%#3955A9

More saturated +25%#B9C8F5

Less saturated −25%#CDD2E1

Channel breakdown

R195

G205

B235

Red195 (76.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness84.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C3 · G CD · B EB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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