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Colour

#C8E0FF

  • #C8E0FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#C8E0FF is a blue with RGB values 200, 224, 255 and HSL 214°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#C8E0FF#C8E0FF
HEX#C8E0FF
RGBrgb(200, 224, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.8784, 1
RGB percentages78.4%, 87.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(213.8, 100%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.8, 21.6%, 100%)
CMYK21.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,164,799
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#371F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFDBFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BAE7EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 12.2Powder blue · ΔE 16.1Alice blue · ΔE 16.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE7C8
Analogous#C8FCFF, #CBC8FF
Triadic#FFC8E0, #E0FFC8
Split complementary#FFCBC8, #FBFFC8
Tetradic#FFC8FC, #FFE7C8, #C8FFCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFDFF
Darker −10%#95C3FF
Darker −20%#62A7FF
Darker −30%#2F8AFF
Darker −40%#006EFB
More saturated +25%#C8E0FF
Less saturated −25%#CFE1F8

Channel breakdown

R200
G224
B255
Red200 (78.4%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue213.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E0 · B FF

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