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Colour

#C8CEDD

  • #C8CEDD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8CEDD is a blue with RGB values 200, 206, 221 and HSL 223°, 24%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C8CEDD#C8CEDD
HEX#C8CEDD
RGBrgb(200, 206, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8078, 0.8667
RGB percentages78.4%, 80.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(222.9, 23.6%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 9.5%, 86.7%)
CMYK9.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,160,157
CSS custom property--colour: #C8CEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.33:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#373122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACFDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CDDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C3D1D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Silver · ΔE 9.6Gainsboro · ΔE 9.6Lavender · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD7C8
Analogous#C8D8DD, #CCC8DD
Triadic#DDC8CE, #CEDDC8
Split complementary#DDCCC8, #D9DDC8
Tetradic#DDC8D8, #DDD7C8, #C8DDCC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8EAF0
Darker −10%#A8B2CA
Darker −20%#8996B6
Darker −30%#697AA3
Darker −40%#536286
More saturated +25%#BDC9E8
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R200
G206
B221
Red200 (78.4%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)23.6%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G CE · B DD

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