Recognised as Colour
#C7C6DA
- #C7C6DA
- Blue
- Light
- Nearest: Light steelblue
#C7C6DA is a blue with RGB values 199, 198, 218 and HSL 243°, 21%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.
Colour values
#C7C6DA#C7C6DA
HEX#C7C6DA
RGBrgb(199, 198, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.7765, 0.8549
RGB percentages78%, 77.6%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(243, 21.3%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243, 9.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK8.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,092,570
CSS custom property--colour: #C7C6DA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.57592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.52:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#383925
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D9DAC6
Analogous#C6CFDA, #D1C6DA
Triadic#DAC7C6, #C6DAC7
Split complementary#DAD1C6, #CFDAC6
Tetradic#DAC6CF, #D9DAC6, #C6DAD1
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R199
G198
B218
Red199 (78%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue243°
Saturation (HSL)21.28%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G C6 · B DA
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