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Colour

#C8DDE5

  • #C8DDE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C8DDE5 is a cyan with RGB values 200, 221, 229 and HSL 197°, 36%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C8DDE5#C8DDE5
HEX#C8DDE5
RGBrgb(200, 221, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8667, 0.898
RGB percentages78.4%, 86.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(196.6, 35.8%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 12.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,164,005
CSS custom property--colour: #C8DDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#37221A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DCE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D8E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C0E0DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.1Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Lavender · ΔE 10.9Alice blue · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D0C8
Analogous#C8E5DF, #C8CFE5
Triadic#E5C8DD, #DDE5C8
Split complementary#E5C8CF, #E5DFC8
Tetradic#DFC8E5, #E5D0C8, #CFE5C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF2F5
Darker −10%#A5C8D5
Darker −20%#83B2C4
Darker −30%#609DB4
Darker −40%#488399
More saturated +25%#BEE2EF
Less saturated −25%#D2D8DB

Channel breakdown

R200
G221
B229
Red200 (78.4%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue196.55°
Saturation (HSL)35.8%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G DD · B E5

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