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Recognised as Colour

#C7E6FE

  • #C7E6FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C7E6FE is a blue with RGB values 199, 230, 254 and HSL 206°, 96%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C7E6FE#C7E6FE
HEX#C7E6FE
RGBrgb(199, 230, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.902, 0.9961
RGB percentages78%, 90.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(206.2, 96.5%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.2, 21.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,100,798
CSS custom property--colour: #C7E6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#381901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DFFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#B8ECEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9Lavender · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 12Light steelblue · ΔE 12Alice blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDFC7
Analogous#C7FEFB, #C7CAFE
Triadic#FEC7E6, #E6FEC7
Split complementary#FEC7CA, #FEFAC7
Tetradic#FBC7FE, #FEDFC7, #CAFEC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FCFF
Darker −10%#95D0FD
Darker −20%#63B9FC
Darker −30%#31A3FB
Darker −40%#048CF5
More saturated +25%#C6E6FF
Less saturated −25%#CEE5F7

Channel breakdown

R199
G230
B254
Red199 (78%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue206.18°
Saturation (HSL)96.49%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C7 · G E6 · B FE

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