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Recognised as Colour

#C8E6F5

  • #C8E6F5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C8E6F5 is a blue with RGB values 200, 230, 245 and HSL 200°, 69%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C8E6F5#C8E6F5
HEX#C8E6F5
RGBrgb(200, 230, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.902, 0.9608
RGB percentages78.4%, 90.2%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(200, 69.2%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 18.4%, 96.1%)
CMYK18.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,166,325
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E6F5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.09:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#37190A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE4F6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DFF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#BCEAEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.2Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Lavender · ΔE 10.7Alice blue · ΔE 11.2Light cyan · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5D7C8
Analogous#C8F5EE, #C8D0F5
Triadic#F5C8E6, #E6F5C8
Split complementary#F5C8D0, #F5EEC8
Tetradic#EEC8F5, #F5D7C8, #D0F5C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3FAFD
Darker −10%#9DD2ED
Darker −20%#72BFE5
Darker −30%#47ABDD
Darker −40%#2594CC
More saturated +25%#C0E9FD
Less saturated −25%#D0E3ED

Channel breakdown

R200
G230
B245
Red200 (78.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E6 · B F5

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