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Recognised as Colour

#C8DBE3

  • #C8DBE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#C8DBE3 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 219, 227 and HSL 198°, 33%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#C8DBE3#C8DBE3
HEX#C8DBE3
RGBrgb(200, 219, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8588, 0.8902
RGB percentages78.4%, 85.9%, 89%
HSLhsl(197.8, 32.5%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 11.9%, 89%)
CMYK11.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,163,491
CSS custom property--colour: #C8DBE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#37241C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DAE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D6E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C1DEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 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 text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.9Light grey · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 10.7Silver · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3D0C8
Analogous#C8E3DD, #C8CDE3
Triadic#E3C8DB, #DBE3C8
Split complementary#E3C8CD, #E3DDC8
Tetradic#DDC8E3, #E3D0C8, #CDE3C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAF1F4
Darker −10%#A6C5D2
Darker −20%#84AFC1
Darker −30%#6399AF
Darker −40%#4B7E94
More saturated +25%#BEDFED
Less saturated −25%#D2D7D9

Channel breakdown

R200
G219
B227
Red200 (78.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue197.78°
Saturation (HSL)32.53%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G DB · B E3

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