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Recognised as Colour

#C7D4EB

  • #C7D4EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7D4EB is a blue with RGB values 199, 212, 235 and HSL 218°, 47%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7D4EB#C7D4EB
HEX#C7D4EB
RGBrgb(199, 212, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8314, 0.9216
RGB percentages78%, 83.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(218.3, 47.4%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 15.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK15.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,096,171
CSS custom property--colour: #C7D4EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65227WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#382B14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D2EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BFD9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Lavender · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 11.2Light grey · ΔE 12.8Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2Thistle · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDEC7
Analogous#C7E6EB, #CCC7EB
Triadic#EBC7D4, #D4EBC7
Split complementary#EBCCC7, #E6EBC7
Tetradic#EBC7E6, #EBDEC7, #C7EBCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF1F8
Darker −10%#A1B7DE
Darker −20%#7C9AD0
Darker −30%#567DC3
Darker −40%#3D64A9
More saturated +25%#BED1F5
Less saturated −25%#D1D7E2

Channel breakdown

R199
G212
B235
Red199 (78%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue218.33°
Saturation (HSL)47.37%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G D4 · B EB

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