Recognised as Colour

#C5C9D5

#C5C9D5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Silver

#C5C9D5 is a blue with RGB values 197, 201, 213 and HSL 225°, 16%, 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

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HEX#C5C9D5

RGBrgb(197, 201, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7882, 0.8353

RGB percentages77.3%, 78.8%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(225, 16%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 7.5%, 83.5%)

CMYK7.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,962,261

CSS custom property--colour: #C5C9D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.69:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#3A362A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6CAD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5C8D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C2CBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.3 Light grey · ΔE 7.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4 Lavender · ΔE 11.6 Thistle · ΔE 12.6

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D5D1C5

Analogous#C5D1D5, #C9C5D5

Triadic#D5C5C9, #C9D5C5

Split complementary#D5C9C5, #D1D5C5

Tetradic#D5C5D1, #D5D1C5, #C5D5C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E3E5EA

Darker −10%#A7ADC0

Darker −20%#8A92AA

Darker −30%#6C7695

Darker −40%#575F77

More saturated +25%#B9C3E2

Less saturated −25%#CDCDCD

Channel breakdown

R197

G201

B213

Red197 (77.3%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)16%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C5 · G C9 · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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