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Recognised as Colour

#C8DCD4

  • #C8DCD4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C8DCD4 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 220, 212 and HSL 156°, 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

#C8DCD4#C8DCD4
HEX#C8DCD4
RGBrgb(200, 220, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8627, 0.8314
RGB percentages78.4%, 86.3%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(156, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK9.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,163,732
CSS custom property--colour: #C8DCD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68219WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.64:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#37232B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBD9D4no 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 8.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DCDAno 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 text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 8.5Gainsboro · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 11.8Light cyan · ΔE 12.9Honeydew · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCC8D0
Analogous#C8DCCA, #C8DADC
Triadic#D4C8DC, #DCD4C8
Split complementary#DCC8DA, #DCCAC8
Tetradic#CAC8DC, #DCC8D0, #DADCC8

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%#A9C8BC
Darker −20%#8AB4A3
Darker −30%#6AA18B
Darker −40%#548471
More saturated +25%#BDE7D6
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R200
G220
B212
Red200 (78.4%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue156°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C8 · G DC · B D4

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