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Recognised as Colour

#C5C9D3

  • #C5C9D3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#C5C9D3 is a blue with RGB values 197, 201, 211 and HSL 223°, 14%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#C5C9D3#C5C9D3
HEX#C5C9D3
RGBrgb(197, 201, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7882, 0.8275
RGB percentages77.3%, 78.8%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(222.9, 13.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 6.6%, 82.7%)
CMYK6.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,962,259
CSS custom property--colour: #C5C9D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 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#3A362C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CAD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C8D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C2CBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 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

Silver · ΔE 6.4Light grey · ΔE 6.6Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Lavender · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3CFC5
Analogous#C5D0D3, #C8C5D3
Triadic#D3C5C9, #C9D3C5
Split complementary#D3C8C5, #D0D3C5
Tetradic#D3C5D0, #D3CFC5, #C5D3C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E2E4E9
Darker −10%#A8AEBD
Darker −20%#8B93A7
Darker −30%#6E7891
Darker −40%#586074
More saturated +25%#B8C4E0
Less saturated −25%#CCCCCC

Channel breakdown

R197
G201
B211
Red197 (77.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)13.73%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G C9 · B D3

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