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Recognised as Colour

#C7DEFA

  • #C7DEFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C7DEFA is a blue with RGB values 199, 222, 250 and HSL 213°, 84%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C7DEFA#C7DEFA
HEX#C7DEFA
RGBrgb(199, 222, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.8706, 0.9804
RGB percentages78%, 87.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(212.9, 83.6%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.9, 20.4%, 98%)
CMYK20.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,098,746
CSS custom property--colour: #C7DEFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#382105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DFFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BAE4E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Lavender · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 14.8Alice blue · ΔE 15.3Gainsboro · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE3C7
Analogous#C7F7FA, #CAC7FA
Triadic#FAC7DE, #DEFAC7
Split complementary#FACAC7, #F8FAC7
Tetradic#FAC7F7, #FAE3C7, #C7FACA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6FAFE
Darker −10%#98C2F6
Darker −20%#69A7F2
Darker −30%#3B8BED
Darker −40%#1470E1
More saturated +25%#C2DEFF
Less saturated −25%#CFDFF2

Channel breakdown

R199
G222
B250
Red199 (78%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue212.94°
Saturation (HSL)83.61%
Lightness88.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G DE · B FA

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