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Recognised as Colour

#C8C2ED

  • #C8C2ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C8C2ED is a blue with RGB values 200, 194, 237 and HSL 248°, 54%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C8C2ED#C8C2ED
HEX#C8C2ED
RGBrgb(200, 194, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7608, 0.9294
RGB percentages78.4%, 76.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(248.4, 54.4%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.4, 18.1%, 92.9%)
CMYK15.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,157,101
CSS custom property--colour: #C8C2ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.4:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#373D12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#C1C9D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Lavender · ΔE 17.3Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8Plum · ΔE 23.1Silver · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7EDC2
Analogous#C2D2ED, #DEC2ED
Triadic#EDC8C2, #C2EDC8
Split complementary#EDDEC2, #D2EDC2
Tetradic#EDC2D2, #E7EDC2, #C2EDDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECE9F9
Darker −10%#A49BE1
Darker −20%#8173D6
Darker −30%#5D4CCA
Darker −40%#4534AF
More saturated +25%#C1B8F7
Less saturated −25%#CFCCE3

Channel breakdown

R200
G194
B237
Red200 (78.4%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue248.37°
Saturation (HSL)54.43%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G C2 · B ED

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