Colour

#C8D4FD

#C8D4FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8D4FD is a blue with RGB values 200, 212, 253 and HSL 226°, 93%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C8D4FD#C8D4FD

HEX#C8D4FD

RGBrgb(200, 212, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8314, 0.9922

RGB percentages78.4%, 83.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(226.4, 93%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 20.9%, 99.2%)

CMYK20.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,161,725

CSS custom property--colour: #C8D4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#372B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4D3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BBDCE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8 Lavender · ΔE 13.4 Thistle · ΔE 15.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.7 Light blue · ΔE 18.2 Sky blue · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDF1C8

Analogous#C8EFFD, #D6C8FD

Triadic#FDC8D4, #D4FDC8

Split complementary#FDD6C8, #EFFDC8

Tetradic#FDC8EF, #FDF1C8, #C8FDD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F9FAFF

Darker −10%#97AEFB

Darker −20%#6687F9

Darker −30%#3461F8

Darker −40%#093DF0

More saturated +25%#C6D3FF

Less saturated −25%#CFD8F6

Channel breakdown

R200

G212

B253

Red200 (78.4%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue226.42°

Saturation (HSL)92.98%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G D4 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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