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Recognised as Colour

#C5DEF7

  • #C5DEF7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C5DEF7 is a blue with RGB values 197, 222, 247 and HSL 210°, 76%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C5DEF7#C5DEF7
HEX#C5DEF7
RGBrgb(197, 222, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8706, 0.9686
RGB percentages77.3%, 87.1%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(210, 75.8%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 20.2%, 96.9%)
CMYK20.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,967,671
CSS custom property--colour: #C5DEF7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.17:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#3A2108

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DEF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD9F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B8E4E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 9.3Lavender · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Alice blue · ΔE 14.6Gainsboro · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7DEC5
Analogous#C5F7F7, #C5C5F7
Triadic#F7C5DE, #DEF7C5
Split complementary#F7C5C5, #F7F7C5
Tetradic#F7C5F7, #F7DEC5, #C5F7C5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F8FD
Darker −10%#98C5F1
Darker −20%#6BABEB
Darker −30%#3F92E4
Darker −40%#1D78D3
More saturated +25%#BDDEFF
Less saturated −25%#CDDEEF

Channel breakdown

R197
G222
B247
Red197 (77.3%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)75.76%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C5 · G DE · B F7

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