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Recognised as Colour

#C6D2E5

  • #C6D2E5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C6D2E5 is a blue with RGB values 198, 210, 229 and HSL 217°, 37%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C6D2E5#C6D2E5
HEX#C6D2E5
RGBrgb(198, 210, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8235, 0.898
RGB percentages77.6%, 82.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(216.8, 37.3%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.8, 13.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK13.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,030,117
CSS custom property--colour: #C6D2E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#392D1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD3E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BFD6D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1Lavender · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 10.6Light grey · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4Silver · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D9C6
Analogous#C6E2E5, #CAC6E5
Triadic#E5C6D2, #D2E5C6
Split complementary#E5CAC6, #E2E5C6
Tetradic#E5C6E2, #E5D9C6, #C6E5CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9EEF5
Darker −10%#A3B6D5
Darker −20%#809BC5
Darker −30%#5D7FB5
Darker −40%#466699
More saturated +25%#BCD0EF
Less saturated −25%#D0D4DB

Channel breakdown

R198
G210
B229
Red198 (77.6%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue216.77°
Saturation (HSL)37.35%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G D2 · B E5

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