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Recognised as Colour

#C7DDD8

  • #C7DDD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C7DDD8 is a cyan with RGB values 199, 221, 216 and HSL 166°, 24%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#C7DDD8#C7DDD8
HEX#C7DDD8
RGBrgb(199, 221, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8667, 0.8471
RGB percentages78%, 86.7%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(166.4, 24.4%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.4, 10%, 86.7%)
CMYK10%, 0%, 2.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,098,456
CSS custom property--colour: #C7DDD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#382227

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C2DEDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 12Light cyan · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC7CC
Analogous#C7DDCD, #C7D7DD
Triadic#D8C7DD, #DDD8C7
Split complementary#DDC7D7, #DDCDC7
Tetradic#CDC7DD, #DDC7CC, #D7DDC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F0EE
Darker −10%#A7CAC2
Darker −20%#88B6AC
Darker −30%#68A396
Darker −40%#52867A
More saturated +25%#BCE8DE
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R199
G221
B216
Red199 (78%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue166.36°
Saturation (HSL)24.44%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C7 · G DD · B D8

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