Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#C8D6E1

  • #C8D6E1
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8D6E1 is a blue with RGB values 200, 214, 225 and HSL 206°, 29%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C8D6E1#C8D6E1
HEX#C8D6E1
RGBrgb(200, 214, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8392, 0.8824
RGB percentages78.4%, 83.9%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(206.4, 29.4%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.4, 11.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK11.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,162,209
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D6E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.16:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#37291E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D6E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED3E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C2D9D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7.5Gainsboro · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 9.7Silver · ΔE 10.4Light steelblue · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1D3C8
Analogous#C8E1DF, #C8CAE1
Triadic#E1C8D6, #D6E1C8
Split complementary#E1C8CA, #E1DFC8
Tetradic#DFC8E1, #E1D3C8, #C9E1C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9EFF3
Darker −10%#A7BDCF
Darker −20%#86A5BD
Darker −30%#658CAB
Darker −40%#4E728F
More saturated +25%#BDD7EC
Less saturated −25%#D3D5D6

Channel breakdown

R200
G214
B225
Red200 (78.4%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue206.4°
Saturation (HSL)29.41%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G D6 · B E1

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “c8d6e1” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.