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Recognised as Colour

#C5C8DC

  • #C5C8DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C5C8DC is a blue with RGB values 197, 200, 220 and HSL 232°, 25%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C5C8DC#C5C8DC
HEX#C5C8DC
RGBrgb(197, 200, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7843, 0.8627
RGB percentages77.3%, 78.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(232.2, 24.7%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(232.2, 10.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK10.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,962,012
CSS custom property--colour: #C5C8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#3A3723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2C8DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C0CBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.9Thistle · ΔE 10.5Lavender · ΔE 10.9Silver · ΔE 11.1Light grey · ΔE 11.3Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD9C5
Analogous#C5D3DC, #CDC5DC
Triadic#DCC5C8, #C8DCC5
Split complementary#DCCDC5, #D3DCC5
Tetradic#DCC5D3, #DCD9C5, #C5DCCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E6EF
Darker −10%#A5AAC9
Darker −20%#858CB6
Darker −30%#666EA2
Darker −40%#505785
More saturated +25%#B9BFE8
Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R197
G200
B220
Red197 (77.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue232.17°
Saturation (HSL)24.73%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G C8 · B DC

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