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Colour

#C7CDE9

  • #C7CDE9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7CDE9 is a blue with RGB values 199, 205, 233 and HSL 229°, 44%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7CDE9#C7CDE9
HEX#C7CDE9
RGBrgb(199, 205, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8039, 0.9137
RGB percentages78%, 80.4%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(229.4, 43.6%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.4, 14.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK14.6%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,094,377
CSS custom property--colour: #C7CDE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.34:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#383216

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CFEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CDE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C0D2D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.5Lavender · ΔE 10.3Thistle · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 14.7Light grey · ΔE 15Gainsboro · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9E3C7
Analogous#C7DEE9, #D2C7E9
Triadic#E9C7CD, #CDE9C7
Split complementary#E9D2C7, #DEE9C7
Tetradic#E9C7DE, #E9E3C7, #C7E9D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECEEF7
Darker −10%#A2ACDB
Darker −20%#7E8CCC
Darker −30%#596BBE
Darker −40%#4052A4
More saturated +25%#BDC7F3
Less saturated −25%#D1D3DF

Channel breakdown

R199
G205
B233
Red199 (78%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue229.41°
Saturation (HSL)43.59%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G CD · B E9

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