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Recognised as Colour

#C8E8FA

  • #C8E8FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C8E8FA is a blue with RGB values 200, 232, 250 and HSL 202°, 83%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C8E8FA#C8E8FA
HEX#C8E8FA
RGBrgb(200, 232, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9098, 0.9804
RGB percentages78.4%, 91%, 98%
HSLhsl(201.6, 83.3%, 88.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.6, 20%, 98%)
CMYK20%, 7.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,166,842
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.38:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#371705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE7FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#BAEDEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.8Light cyan · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FADAC8
Analogous#C8FAF3, #C8CFFA
Triadic#FAC8E8, #E8FAC8
Split complementary#FAC8CF, #FAF3C8
Tetradic#F3C8FA, #FADAC8, #CFFAC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7FCFE
Darker −10%#99D4F6
Darker −20%#6BC1F2
Darker −30%#3CADED
Darker −40%#1598E1
More saturated +25%#C3E9FF
Less saturated −25%#D0E6F3

Channel breakdown

R200
G232
B250
Red200 (78.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue201.6°
Saturation (HSL)83.33%
Lightness88.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E8 · B FA

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