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Colour

#C4C8D7

  • #C4C8D7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C4C8D7 is a blue with RGB values 196, 200, 215 and HSL 227°, 19%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C4C8D7#C4C8D7
HEX#C4C8D7
RGBrgb(196, 200, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7843, 0.8431
RGB percentages76.9%, 78.4%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(227.4, 19.2%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 8.8%, 84.3%)
CMYK8.8%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,896,471
CSS custom property--colour: #C4C8D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.59:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#3B3728

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C9D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C8D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C0CBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 8.9Gainsboro · ΔE 10.7Lavender · ΔE 11.5Thistle · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.12, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7D3C4
Analogous#C4D1D7, #CAC4D7
Triadic#D7C4C8, #C8D7C4
Split complementary#D7CAC4, #D2D7C4
Tetradic#D7C4D1, #D7D3C4, #C4D7CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E4EC
Darker −10%#A6ACC2
Darker −20%#878FAE
Darker −30%#697399
Darker −40%#545C7B
More saturated +25%#B8C1E3
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R196
G200
B215
Red196 (76.9%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue227.37°
Saturation (HSL)19.19%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G C8 · B D7

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