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Colour

#C7CDDA

  • #C7CDDA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C7CDDA is a blue with RGB values 199, 205, 218 and HSL 221°, 20%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C7CDDA#C7CDDA
HEX#C7CDDA
RGBrgb(199, 205, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8039, 0.8549
RGB percentages78%, 80.4%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(221.1, 20.4%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 8.7%, 85.5%)
CMYK8.7%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,094,362
CSS custom property--colour: #C7CDDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#383225

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CEDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CCDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C3CFD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.5Silver · ΔE 8.5Gainsboro · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 9.1Lavender · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAD4C7
Analogous#C7D7DA, #CBC7DA
Triadic#DAC7CD, #CDDAC7
Split complementary#DACBC7, #D7DAC7
Tetradic#DAC7D7, #DAD4C7, #C7DACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6E8EE
Darker −10%#A8B2C6
Darker −20%#8A96B1
Darker −30%#6B7B9D
Darker −40%#556280
More saturated +25%#BBC9E6
Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R199
G205
B218
Red199 (78%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue221.05°
Saturation (HSL)20.43%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G CD · B DA

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