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Recognised as Colour

#C7CCDD

  • #C7CCDD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7CCDD is a blue with RGB values 199, 204, 221 and HSL 226°, 24%, 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

#C7CCDD#C7CCDD
HEX#C7CCDD
RGBrgb(199, 204, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8, 0.8667
RGB percentages78%, 80%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(226.4, 24.4%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 10%, 86.7%)
CMYK10%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,094,109
CSS custom property--colour: #C7CCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.11:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#383322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CDDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CBDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C2CFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text13.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 10.7Thistle · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD8C7
Analogous#C7D7DD, #CDC7DD
Triadic#DDC7CC, #CCDDC7
Split complementary#DDCDC7, #D7DDC7
Tetradic#DDC7D7, #DDD8C7, #C7DDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7E9F0
Darker −10%#A7AFCA
Darker −20%#8892B6
Darker −30%#6875A3
Darker −40%#525E86
More saturated +25%#BCC6E8
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R199
G204
B221
Red199 (78%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue226.36°
Saturation (HSL)24.44%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G CC · B DD

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