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Recognised as Colour

#C8DEFD

  • #C8DEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C8DEFD is a blue with RGB values 200, 222, 253 and HSL 215°, 93%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C8DEFD#C8DEFD
HEX#C8DEFD
RGBrgb(200, 222, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8706, 0.9922
RGB percentages78.4%, 87.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(215.1, 93%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 20.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK20.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,164,285
CSS custom property--colour: #C8DEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.32:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#372102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEDAFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BAE4E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Lavender · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 12.3Alice blue · ΔE 16.2Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE7C8
Analogous#C8F8FD, #CDC8FD
Triadic#FDC8DE, #DEFDC8
Split complementary#FDCDC8, #F8FDC8
Tetradic#FDC8F8, #FDE7C8, #C8FDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FCFF
Darker −10%#97C0FB
Darker −20%#66A3F9
Darker −30%#3485F8
Darker −40%#0969F0
More saturated +25%#C6DEFF
Less saturated −25%#CFDFF6

Channel breakdown

R200
G222
B253
Red200 (78.4%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue215.09°
Saturation (HSL)92.98%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G DE · B FD

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