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Colour

#C5DBFF

  • #C5DBFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C5DBFF is a blue with RGB values 197, 219, 255 and HSL 217°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C5DBFF#C5DBFF
HEX#C5DBFF
RGBrgb(197, 219, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8588, 1
RGB percentages77.3%, 85.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(217.2, 100%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 22.7%, 100%)
CMYK22.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,966,911
CSS custom property--colour: #C5DBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#3A2400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFDDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D7FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#B6E2E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Lavender · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7Sky blue · ΔE 17Thistle · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE9C5
Analogous#C5F8FF, #CCC5FF
Triadic#FFC5DB, #DBFFC5
Split complementary#FFCCC5, #F8FFC5
Tetradic#FFC5F8, #FFE9C5, #C5FFCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8FBFF
Darker −10%#92BBFF
Darker −20%#5F9CFF
Darker −30%#2C7CFF
Darker −40%#005EF8
More saturated +25%#C5DBFF
Less saturated −25%#CCDDF8

Channel breakdown

R197
G219
B255
Red197 (77.3%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue217.24°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G DB · B FF

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