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Recognised as Colour

#C3D3FD

  • #C3D3FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C3D3FD is a blue with RGB values 195, 211, 253 and HSL 223°, 94%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C3D3FD#C3D3FD
HEX#C3D3FD
RGBrgb(195, 211, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.8275, 0.9922
RGB percentages76.5%, 82.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(223.4, 93.5%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 22.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK22.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,833,789
CSS custom property--colour: #C3D3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#3C2C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#B5DBE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5Lavender · ΔE 14.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Thistle · ΔE 17Light blue · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDEDC3
Analogous#C3F0FD, #D0C3FD
Triadic#FDC3D3, #D3FDC3
Split complementary#FDD0C3, #F0FDC3
Tetradic#FDC3F0, #FDEDC3, #C3FDD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F7FF
Darker −10%#92AFFB
Darker −20%#608BFA
Darker −30%#2F66F8
Darker −40%#0847EC
More saturated +25%#C1D2FF
Less saturated −25%#CBD6F5

Channel breakdown

R195
G211
B253
Red195 (76.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue223.45°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C3 · G D3 · B FD

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