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Recognised as Colour

#C8CCDE

  • #C8CCDE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8CCDE is a blue with RGB values 200, 204, 222 and HSL 229°, 25%, 83%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#C8CCDE#C8CCDE
HEX#C8CCDE
RGBrgb(200, 204, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8, 0.8706
RGB percentages78.4%, 80%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(229.1, 25%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.1, 9.9%, 87.1%)
CMYK9.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,159,646
CSS custom property--colour: #C8CCDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#373321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CDDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CCDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C3CFD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7Lavender · ΔE 9.7Light grey · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 10.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.1Thistle · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEDAC8
Analogous#C8D7DE, #CFC8DE
Triadic#DEC8CC, #CCDEC8
Split complementary#DECFC8, #D7DEC8
Tetradic#DEC8D7, #DEDAC8, #C8DECF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8EAF1
Darker −10%#A8AECB
Darker −20%#8891B8
Darker −30%#6873A5
Darker −40%#525C88
More saturated +25%#BDC5E9
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R200
G204
B222
Red200 (78.4%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue229.09°
Saturation (HSL)25%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G CC · B DE

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