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Recognised as Colour

#C8D8DC

  • #C8D8DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8D8DC is a cyan with RGB values 200, 216, 220 and HSL 192°, 22%, 82%. 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 grey.

Colour values

#C8D8DC#C8D8DC
HEX#C8D8DC
RGBrgb(200, 216, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8471, 0.8627
RGB percentages78.4%, 84.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(192, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,162,716
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#372723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D4DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C3DAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 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 text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5Silver · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Lavender · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCCC8
Analogous#C8DCD6, #C8CEDC
Triadic#DCC8D8, #D8DCC8
Split complementary#DCC8CE, #DCD6C8
Tetradic#D6C8DC, #DCCCC8, #CEDCC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EEF0
Darker −10%#A9C2C8
Darker −20%#8AACB4
Darker −30%#6A96A1
Darker −40%#547A84
More saturated +25%#BDDFE7
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R200
G216
B220
Red200 (78.4%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue192°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G D8 · B DC

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