Colour

#C8D9DB

#C8D9DB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light grey

#C8D9DB is a cyan with RGB values 200, 217, 219 and HSL 186°, 21%, 82%. 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 grey.

Colour values

#C8D9DB#C8D9DB

HEX#C8D9DB

RGBrgb(200, 217, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.851, 0.8588

RGB percentages78.4%, 85.1%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(186.3, 20.9%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 8.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK8.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,162,971

CSS custom property--colour: #C8D9DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.4:1

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

Contrast with black14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#372624

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6D7DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D5DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C3DBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 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 text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5 Silver · ΔE 9.9 Powder blue · ΔE 10.2 Light blue · ΔE 10.4 Alice blue · ΔE 12.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DBCAC8

Analogous#C8DBD3, #C8D0DB

Triadic#DBC8D9, #D9DBC8

Split complementary#DBC8D0, #DBD3C8

Tetradic#D3C8DB, #DBCAC8, #D0DBC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E7EEEF

Darker −10%#A9C4C7

Darker −20%#8AAEB3

Darker −30%#6C999E

Darker −40%#557D82

More saturated +25%#BDE2E6

Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R200

G217

B219

Red200 (78.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue186.32°

Saturation (HSL)20.88%

Lightness82.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C8 · G D9 · B DB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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