Colour

#C7CCDB

#C7CCDB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7CCDB is a blue with RGB values 199, 204, 219 and HSL 225°, 22%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7CCDB#C7CCDB

HEX#C7CCDB

RGBrgb(199, 204, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8, 0.8588

RGB percentages78%, 80%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(225, 21.7%, 82%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 9.1%, 85.9%)

CMYK9.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,094,107

CSS custom property--colour: #C7CCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.09:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#383324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8CDDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7CBDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C3CFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4 Light grey · ΔE 8.5 Silver · ΔE 9.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.9 Lavender · ΔE 10.2 Thistle · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DBD6C7

Analogous#C7D6DB, #CCC7DB

Triadic#DBC7CC, #CCDBC7

Split complementary#DBCCC7, #D6DBC7

Tetradic#DBC7D6, #DBD6C7, #C7DBCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E6E8EF

Darker −10%#A8B0C7

Darker −20%#8993B3

Darker −30%#6A779F

Darker −40%#545F82

More saturated +25%#BCC6E7

Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R199

G204

B219

Red199 (78%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)21.74%

Lightness81.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C7 · G CC · B DB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#C7CCDB

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else