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Recognised as Colour

#C8DCD3

  • #C8DCD3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8DCD3 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 220, 211 and HSL 153°, 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

#C8DCD3#C8DCD3
HEX#C8DCD3
RGBrgb(200, 220, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8627, 0.8275
RGB percentages78.4%, 86.3%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(153, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,163,731
CSS custom property--colour: #C8DCD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.63:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#37232C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBD9D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D6D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 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 text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.8Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Powder blue · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 12Honeydew · ΔE 12.9Light cyan · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC8D1
Analogous#C8DCC9, #C8DBDC
Triadic#D3C8DC, #DCD3C8
Split complementary#DCC8DB, #DCC9C8
Tetradic#C9C8DC, #DCC8D1, #DBDCC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E7F0EC
Darker −10%#A9C8BA
Darker −20%#8AB4A1
Darker −30%#6AA188
Darker −40%#54846E
More saturated +25%#BDE7D4
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R200
G220
B211
Red200 (78.4%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue153°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C8 · G DC · B D3

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