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Recognised as Colour

#C3CEEB

  • #C3CEEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C3CEEB is a blue with RGB values 195, 206, 235 and HSL 223°, 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

#C3CEEB#C3CEEB
HEX#C3CEEB
RGBrgb(195, 206, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.8078, 0.9216
RGB percentages76.5%, 80.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(223.5, 50%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 17%, 92.2%)
CMYK17%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,832,491
CSS custom property--colour: #C3CEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.35:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#3C3114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CDEAno 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 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.5Lavender · ΔE 10.9Thistle · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 13.7Light grey · ΔE 15.8Gainsboro · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE0C3
Analogous#C3E2EB, #CCC3EB
Triadic#EBC3CE, #CEEBC3
Split complementary#EBCCC3, #E2EBC3
Tetradic#EBC3E2, #EBE0C3, #C3EBCC

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%#9DAFDE
Darker −20%#7690D1
Darker −30%#5070C5
Darker −40%#3958A9
More saturated +25%#B9C9F5
Less saturated −25%#CDD3E1

Channel breakdown

R195
G206
B235
Red195 (76.5%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue223.5°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G CE · B EB

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