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Recognised as Colour

#C8D3E4

  • #C8D3E4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8D3E4 is a blue with RGB values 200, 211, 228 and HSL 216°, 34%, 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

#C8D3E4#C8D3E4
HEX#C8D3E4
RGBrgb(200, 211, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8275, 0.8941
RGB percentages78.4%, 82.7%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(216.4, 34.1%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 12.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK12.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,161,444
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D3E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#372C1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED4E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD1E4no 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 8.7 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 text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.1Lavender · ΔE 8.6Light grey · ΔE 9.6Gainsboro · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 10.7Silver · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4D9C8
Analogous#C8E1E4, #CBC8E4
Triadic#E4C8D3, #D3E4C8
Split complementary#E4CBC8, #E1E4C8
Tetradic#E4C8E1, #E4D9C8, #C8E4CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAEEF5
Darker −10%#A6B8D3
Darker −20%#849CC2
Darker −30%#6181B2
Darker −40%#4A6896
More saturated +25%#BED1EE
Less saturated −25%#D2D5DA

Channel breakdown

R200
G211
B228
Red200 (78.4%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue216.43°
Saturation (HSL)34.15%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G D3 · B E4

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