Colour

#C8D5FF

#C8D5FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8D5FF is a blue with RGB values 200, 213, 255 and HSL 226°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C8D5FF#C8D5FF

HEX#C8D5FF

RGBrgb(200, 213, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8353, 1

RGB percentages78.4%, 83.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(225.8, 100%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.8, 21.6%, 100%)

CMYK21.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,161,983

CSS custom property--colour: #C8D5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.42:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#372A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5D4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#BBDDE3no 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 text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3 Lavender · ΔE 13.8 Thistle · ΔE 16.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5 Light blue · ΔE 18.5 Sky blue · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFF2C8

Analogous#C8F1FF, #D6C8FF

Triadic#FFC8D5, #D5FFC8

Split complementary#FFD6C8, #F1FFC8

Tetradic#FFC8F1, #FFF2C8, #C8FFD6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBFCFF

Darker −10%#95AEFF

Darker −20%#6287FF

Darker −30%#2F60FF

Darker −40%#003BFB

More saturated +25%#C8D5FF

Less saturated −25%#CFD9F8

Channel breakdown

R200

G213

B255

Red200 (78.4%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue225.82°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G D5 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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