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Recognised as Colour

#C8C9DC

  • #C8C9DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8C9DC is a blue with RGB values 200, 201, 220 and HSL 237°, 22%, 82%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#C8C9DC#C8C9DC
HEX#C8C9DC
RGBrgb(200, 201, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.7882, 0.8627
RGB percentages78.4%, 78.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(237, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,158,876
CSS custom property--colour: #C8C9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#373623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C4CCCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.9Thistle · ΔE 10Lavender · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 10.7Gainsboro · ΔE 11.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCDBC8
Analogous#C8D3DC, #D1C8DC
Triadic#DCC8C9, #C9DCC8
Split complementary#DCD1C8, #D3DCC8
Tetradic#DCC8D3, #DCDBC8, #C8DCD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7E8F0
Darker −10%#A9AAC8
Darker −20%#8A8CB4
Darker −30%#6A6DA1
Darker −40%#545684
More saturated +25%#BDBFE7
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R200
G201
B220
Red200 (78.4%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue237°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G C9 · B DC

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