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Recognised as Colour

#C8D3E3

  • #C8D3E3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8D3E3 is a blue with RGB values 200, 211, 227 and HSL 216°, 33%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C8D3E3#C8D3E3
HEX#C8D3E3
RGBrgb(200, 211, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8275, 0.8902
RGB percentages78.4%, 82.7%, 89%
HSLhsl(215.6, 32.5%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.6, 11.9%, 89%)
CMYK11.9%, 7%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,161,443
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D3E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#372C1C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED3E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD1E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C2D6D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.4Lavender · ΔE 8.8Light grey · ΔE 9.2Gainsboro · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)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#E3D8C8
Analogous#C8E0E3, #CAC8E3
Triadic#E3C8D3, #D3E3C8
Split complementary#E3CAC8, #E0E3C8
Tetradic#E3C8E0, #E3D8C8, #C8E3CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAEEF4
Darker −10%#A6B8D2
Darker −20%#849DC1
Darker −30%#6382AF
Darker −40%#4B6994
More saturated +25%#BED1ED
Less saturated −25%#D2D5D9

Channel breakdown

R200
G211
B227
Red200 (78.4%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue215.56°
Saturation (HSL)32.53%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G D3 · B E3

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