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Recognised as Colour

#C8C9D3

  • #C8C9D3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8C9D3 is a blue with RGB values 200, 201, 211 and HSL 235°, 11%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C8C9D3#C8C9D3
HEX#C8C9D3
RGBrgb(200, 201, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7882, 0.8275
RGB percentages78.4%, 78.8%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(234.5, 11.1%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 5.2%, 82.7%)
CMYK5.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,158,867
CSS custom property--colour: #C8C9D3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.75:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#37362C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CAD4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6C9D3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C6CBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.3Silver · ΔE 6.3Gainsboro · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Lavender · ΔE 11.8Thistle · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3D2C8
Analogous#C8CFD3, #CDC8D3
Triadic#D3C8C9, #C9D3C8
Split complementary#D3CDC8, #CFD3C8
Tetradic#D3C8CF, #D3D2C8, #C8D3CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E4E5EA
Darker −10%#ACADBC
Darker −20%#8F91A6
Darker −30%#73768F
Darker −40%#5C5E73
More saturated +25%#BCBFDF
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R200
G201
B211
Red200 (78.4%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue234.55°
Saturation (HSL)11.11%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G C9 · B D3

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