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Recognised as Colour

#C8DBDC

  • #C8DBDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8DBDC is a cyan with RGB values 200, 219, 220 and HSL 183°, 22%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C8DBDC#C8DBDC
HEX#C8DBDC
RGBrgb(200, 219, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8588, 0.8627
RGB percentages78.4%, 85.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(183, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,163,484
CSS custom property--colour: #C8DBDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#372423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D6DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C3DDDBno 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 text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 6.9Gainsboro · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 10.3Silver · ΔE 10.7Alice blue · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC9C8
Analogous#C8DCD3, #C8D1DC
Triadic#DCC8DB, #DBDCC8
Split complementary#DCC8D1, #DCD3C8
Tetradic#D3C8DC, #DCC9C8, #D1DCC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7EFF0
Darker −10%#A9C7C8
Darker −20%#8AB2B4
Darker −30%#6A9EA1
Darker −40%#548284
More saturated +25%#BDE5E7
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R200
G219
B220
Red200 (78.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue183°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G DB · B DC

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