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Recognised as Colour

#C7DED8

  • #C7DED8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C7DED8 is a cyan with RGB values 199, 222, 216 and HSL 164°, 26%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#C7DED8#C7DED8
HEX#C7DED8
RGBrgb(199, 222, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8706, 0.8471
RGB percentages78%, 87.1%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(164.3, 25.8%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.3, 10.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK10.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,098,712
CSS custom property--colour: #C7DED8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#382127

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDBD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D8D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C2DFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Light grey · ΔE 9Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light cyan · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 12.3Silver · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC7CD
Analogous#C7DECC, #C7D8DE
Triadic#D8C7DE, #DED8C7
Split complementary#DEC7D8, #DECCC7
Tetradic#CCC7DE, #DEC7CD, #D8DEC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F1EE
Darker −10%#A7CBC2
Darker −20%#87B8AB
Darker −30%#67A595
Darker −40%#50897A
More saturated +25%#BCE9DD
Less saturated −25%#D2D3D3

Channel breakdown

R199
G222
B216
Red199 (78%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue164.35°
Saturation (HSL)25.84%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C7 · G DE · B D8

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