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Recognised as Colour

#C7CDDC

  • #C7CDDC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7CDDC is a blue with RGB values 199, 205, 220 and HSL 223°, 23%, 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#C7CDDC#C7CDDC
HEX#C7CDDC
RGBrgb(199, 205, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8039, 0.8627
RGB percentages78%, 80.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(222.9, 23.1%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 9.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,094,364
CSS custom property--colour: #C7CDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.19:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#383223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CCDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C2D0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 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 text13.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 8.5Silver · ΔE 9.4Gainsboro · ΔE 9.8Lavender · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD6C7
Analogous#C7D7DC, #CBC7DC
Triadic#DCC7CD, #CDDCC7
Split complementary#DCCBC7, #D8DCC7
Tetradic#DCC7D7, #DCD6C7, #C7DCCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6E9F0
Darker −10%#A8B1C8
Darker −20%#8895B5
Darker −30%#6979A1
Darker −40%#536184
More saturated +25%#BCC8E7
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R199
G205
B220
Red199 (78%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)23.08%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G CD · B DC

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