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Recognised as Colour

#C7D3E9

  • #C7D3E9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7D3E9 is a blue with RGB values 199, 211, 233 and HSL 219°, 44%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7D3E9#C7D3E9
HEX#C7D3E9
RGBrgb(199, 211, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8275, 0.9137
RGB percentages78%, 82.7%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(218.8, 43.6%, 84.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.8, 14.6%, 91.4%)
CMYK14.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,095,913
CSS custom property--colour: #C7D3E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.92:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#382C16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD4EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D1E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BFD7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Lavender · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light grey · ΔE 12.2Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7Silver · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9DDC7
Analogous#C7E4E9, #CCC7E9
Triadic#E9C7D3, #D3E9C7
Split complementary#E9CCC7, #E4E9C7
Tetradic#E9C7E4, #E9DDC7, #C7E9CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECF0F7
Darker −10%#A2B6DB
Darker −20%#7E99CC
Darker −30%#597DBE
Darker −40%#4063A4
More saturated +25%#BDD0F3
Less saturated −25%#D1D6DF

Channel breakdown

R199
G211
B233
Red199 (78%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue218.82°
Saturation (HSL)43.59%
Lightness84.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G D3 · B E9

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