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Colour

#C8CCD9

  • #C8CCD9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8CCD9 is a blue with RGB values 200, 204, 217 and HSL 226°, 18%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C8CCD9#C8CCD9
HEX#C8CCD9
RGBrgb(200, 204, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8, 0.851
RGB percentages78.4%, 80%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(225.9, 18.3%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.9, 7.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK7.8%, 6%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,159,641
CSS custom property--colour: #C8CCD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.09:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#373326

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CDDAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CCD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C4CED0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 8.3Gainsboro · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Lavender · ΔE 10.4Thistle · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9D5C8
Analogous#C8D5D9, #CCC8D9
Triadic#D9C8CC, #CCD9C8
Split complementary#D9CCC8, #D5D9C8
Tetradic#D9C8D5, #D9D5C8, #C8D9CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E6E8EE
Darker −10%#AAB0C4
Darker −20%#8C94AF
Darker −30%#6E789A
Darker −40%#57607E
More saturated +25%#BCC6E5
Less saturated −25%#D1D1D1

Channel breakdown

R200
G204
B217
Red200 (78.4%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue225.88°
Saturation (HSL)18.28%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G CC · B D9

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