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Recognised as Colour

#C7DDDC

  • #C7DDDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C7DDDC is a cyan with RGB values 199, 221, 220 and HSL 177°, 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

#C7DDDC#C7DDDC
HEX#C7DDDC
RGBrgb(199, 221, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8667, 0.8627
RGB percentages78%, 86.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(177.3, 24.4%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 10%, 86.7%)
CMYK10%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,098,460
CSS custom property--colour: #C7DDDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#382223

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADBDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C1DEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 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 text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.8Light grey · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Light blue · ΔE 10.4Light cyan · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC7C8
Analogous#C7DDD1, #C7D3DD
Triadic#DCC7DD, #DDDCC7
Split complementary#DDC7D3, #DDD1C7
Tetradic#D1C7DD, #DDC7C8, #D3DDC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F0F0
Darker −10%#A7CAC8
Darker −20%#88B6B4
Darker −30%#68A3A0
Darker −40%#528684
More saturated +25%#BCE8E6
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R199
G221
B220
Red199 (78%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue177.27°
Saturation (HSL)24.44%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C7 · G DD · B DC

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