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Colour

#C7DBFF

  • #C7DBFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7DBFF is a blue with RGB values 199, 219, 255 and HSL 219°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7DBFF#C7DBFF
HEX#C7DBFF
RGBrgb(199, 219, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8588, 1
RGB percentages78%, 85.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(218.6, 100%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.6, 22%, 100%)
CMYK22%, 14.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,097,983
CSS custom property--colour: #C7DBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70025WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.01:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#382400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#B9E2E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Lavender · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Thistle · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFEBC7
Analogous#C7F7FF, #CFC7FF
Triadic#FFC7DB, #DBFFC7
Split complementary#FFCFC7, #F7FFC7
Tetradic#FFC7F7, #FFEBC7, #C7FFCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFCFF
Darker −10%#94BAFF
Darker −20%#6199FF
Darker −30%#2E79FF
Darker −40%#0059FA
More saturated +25%#C7DBFF
Less saturated −25%#CEDDF8

Channel breakdown

R199
G219
B255
Red199 (78%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue218.57°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G DB · B FF

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