Colour

#C4C3CD

#C4C3CD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Silver

#C4C3CD is a blue with RGB values 196, 195, 205 and HSL 246°, 9%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#C4C3CD#C4C3CD

HEX#C4C3CD

RGBrgb(196, 195, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7647, 0.8039

RGB percentages76.9%, 76.5%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(246, 9.1%, 78.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(246, 4.9%, 80.4%)

CMYK4.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,895,181

CSS custom property--colour: #C4C3CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#3B3C32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1C4CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C4CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C2C4C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 5.5 Light grey · ΔE 7.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9 Dark grey · ΔE 11.3 Thistle · ΔE 11.9

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CCCDC3

Analogous#C3C7CD, #C9C3CD

Triadic#CDC4C3, #C3CDC4

Split complementary#CDC9C3, #C7CDC3

Tetradic#CDC3C7, #CCCDC3, #C3CDC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFBFB

Lighter +10%#DFDFE4

Darker −10%#A9A7B6

Darker −20%#8D8B9F

Darker −30%#737087

Darker −40%#5B596B

More saturated +25%#B9B5DB

Less saturated −25%#C8C8C8

Channel breakdown

R196

G195

B205

Red196 (76.9%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue246°

Saturation (HSL)9.09%

Lightness78.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C4 · G C3 · B CD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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