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Recognised as Colour

#C3CED9

  • #C3CED9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C3CED9 is a blue with RGB values 195, 206, 217 and HSL 210°, 22%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C3CED9#C3CED9
HEX#C3CED9
RGBrgb(195, 206, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.8078, 0.851
RGB percentages76.5%, 80.8%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(210, 22.4%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 10.1%, 85.1%)
CMYK10.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,832,473
CSS custom property--colour: #C3CED9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#3C3126

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACEDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CCD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BED0D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.3Silver · ΔE 8.3Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 10.6Lavender · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9CEC3
Analogous#C3D9D9, #C3C3D9
Triadic#D9C3CE, #CED9C3
Split complementary#D9C3C3, #D9D9C3
Tetradic#D9C3D9, #D9CEC3, #C3D9C3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E8ED
Darker −10%#A4B4C5
Darker −20%#859BB1
Darker −30%#65829E
Darker −40%#51687F
More saturated +25%#B7CEE5
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R195
G206
B217
Red195 (76.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)22.45%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G CE · B D9

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