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Recognised as Colour

#C6DCF4

  • #C6DCF4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C6DCF4 is a blue with RGB values 198, 220, 244 and HSL 211°, 68%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C6DCF4#C6DCF4
HEX#C6DCF4
RGBrgb(198, 220, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.8627, 0.9569
RGB percentages77.6%, 86.3%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(211.3, 67.6%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.3, 18.9%, 95.7%)
CMYK18.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,032,692
CSS custom property--colour: #C6DCF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#39230B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DCF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED7F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#BAE1E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Lavender · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 13.2Alice blue · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4DEC6
Analogous#C6F3F4, #C7C6F4
Triadic#F4C6DC, #DCF4C6
Split complementary#F4C7C6, #F3F4C6
Tetradic#F4C6F3, #F4DEC6, #C6F4C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F6FC
Darker −10%#9BC2EC
Darker −20%#71A7E4
Darker −30%#468DDB
Darker −40%#2673C8
More saturated +25%#BEDCFD
Less saturated −25%#CFDCEC

Channel breakdown

R198
G220
B244
Red198 (77.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue211.3°
Saturation (HSL)67.65%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C6 · G DC · B F4

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