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Recognised as Colour

#C4CAD8

  • #C4CAD8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C4CAD8 is a blue with RGB values 196, 202, 216 and HSL 222°, 20%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C4CAD8#C4CAD8
HEX#C4CAD8
RGBrgb(196, 202, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7686, 0.7922, 0.8471
RGB percentages76.9%, 79.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(222, 20.4%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 9.3%, 84.7%)
CMYK9.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,896,984
CSS custom property--colour: #C4CAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58935WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#3B3527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CBD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C9D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0CDCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 8.5Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1Lavender · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8D2C4
Analogous#C4D4D8, #C8C4D8
Triadic#D8C4CA, #CAD8C4
Split complementary#D8C8C4, #D4D8C4
Tetradic#D8C4D4, #D8D2C4, #C4D8C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E3E6EC
Darker −10%#A5AEC4
Darker −20%#8793AF
Darker −30%#68779B
Darker −40%#53607D
More saturated +25%#B8C5E4
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R196
G202
B216
Red196 (76.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)20.41%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C4 · G CA · B D8

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