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Recognised as Colour

#C5CDED

  • #C5CDED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C5CDED is a blue with RGB values 197, 205, 237 and HSL 228°, 53%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C5CDED#C5CDED
HEX#C5CDED
RGBrgb(197, 205, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8039, 0.9294
RGB percentages77.3%, 80.4%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(228, 52.6%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 16.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK16.9%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,963,309
CSS custom property--colour: #C5CDED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.33:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#3A3212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CCECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BCD3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.7Lavender · ΔE 11.5Thistle · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light grey · ΔE 17.2Silver · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE5C5
Analogous#C5E1ED, #D1C5ED
Triadic#EDC5CD, #CDEDC5
Split complementary#EDD1C5, #E1EDC5
Tetradic#EDC5E1, #EDE5C5, #C5EDD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECEFF9
Darker −10%#9EABE1
Darker −20%#778AD5
Darker −30%#5068C9
Darker −40%#364FB0
More saturated +25%#BCC7F7
Less saturated −25%#CFD3E4

Channel breakdown

R197
G205
B237
Red197 (77.3%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)52.63%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G CD · B ED

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