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Colour

#C8D1EB

  • #C8D1EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8D1EB is a blue with RGB values 200, 209, 235 and HSL 225°, 47%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C8D1EB#C8D1EB
HEX#C8D1EB
RGBrgb(200, 209, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8196, 0.9216
RGB percentages78.4%, 82%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(224.6, 46.7%, 85.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.6, 14.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK14.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,160,939
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D1EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#372E14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D0EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C0D6D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Lavender · ΔE 9.1Thistle · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 14Gainsboro · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE2C8
Analogous#C8E3EB, #D1C8EB
Triadic#EBC8D1, #D1EBC8
Split complementary#EBD1C8, #E3EBC8
Tetradic#EBC8E3, #EBE2C8, #C8EBD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF0F9
Darker −10%#A3B2DD
Darker −20%#7D92D0
Darker −30%#5873C2
Darker −40%#3E59A9
More saturated +25%#BFCCF4
Less saturated −25%#D1D6E2

Channel breakdown

R200
G209
B235
Red200 (78.4%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue224.57°
Saturation (HSL)46.67%
Lightness85.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G D1 · B EB

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