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Colour

#C8D8FE

  • #C8D8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8D8FE is a blue with RGB values 200, 216, 254 and HSL 222°, 96%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C8D8FE#C8D8FE
HEX#C8D8FE
RGBrgb(200, 216, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8471, 0.9961
RGB percentages78.4%, 84.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(222.2, 96.4%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 21.3%, 99.6%)
CMYK21.3%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,162,750
CSS custom property--colour: #C8D8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#372701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#BBDFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Lavender · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 16.2Thistle · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEEEC8
Analogous#C8F3FE, #D3C8FE
Triadic#FEC8D8, #D8FEC8
Split complementary#FED3C8, #F3FEC8
Tetradic#FEC8F3, #FEEEC8, #C8FED3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFCFF
Darker −10%#96B4FD
Darker −20%#6491FC
Darker −30%#326DFB
Darker −40%#044CF6
More saturated +25%#C7D8FF
Less saturated −25%#CFDBF7

Channel breakdown

R200
G216
B254
Red200 (78.4%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue222.22°
Saturation (HSL)96.43%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G D8 · B FE

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