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Recognised as Colour

#C8C6D6

  • #C8C6D6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#C8C6D6 is a blue with RGB values 200, 198, 214 and HSL 248°, 16%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#C8C6D6#C8C6D6
HEX#C8C6D6
RGBrgb(200, 198, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7765, 0.8392
RGB percentages78.4%, 77.6%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(247.5, 16.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.5, 7.5%, 83.9%)
CMYK6.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,158,102
CSS custom property--colour: #C8C6D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#373929

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C8D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C7D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C6C8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Light grey · ΔE 9.5Thistle · ΔE 9.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2Lavender · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4D6C6
Analogous#C6CCD6, #D0C6D6
Triadic#D6C8C6, #C6D6C8
Split complementary#D6D0C6, #CCD6C6
Tetradic#D6C6CC, #D4D6C6, #C6D6D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E4EB
Darker −10%#ABA8C1
Darker −20%#8F8BAB
Darker −30%#726D96
Darker −40%#5B5779
More saturated +25%#BFBAE2
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R200
G198
B214
Red200 (78.4%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue247.5°
Saturation (HSL)16.33%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G C6 · B D6

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