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Recognised as Colour

#C8E8FF

  • #C8E8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C8E8FF is a blue with RGB values 200, 232, 255 and HSL 205°, 100%, 89%. 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

#C8E8FF#C8E8FF
HEX#C8E8FF
RGBrgb(200, 232, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9098, 1
RGB percentages78.4%, 91%, 100%
HSLhsl(205.1, 100%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.1, 21.6%, 100%)
CMYK21.6%, 9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,166,847
CSS custom property--colour: #C8E8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77213WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.44:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#371700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7E1FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B9EEEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 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 text16.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9Lavender · ΔE 10.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7Alice blue · ΔE 13.1Light cyan · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDFC8
Analogous#C8FFFA, #C8CDFF
Triadic#FFC8E8, #E8FFC8
Split complementary#FFC8CD, #FFFAC8
Tetradic#FAC8FF, #FFDFC8, #CCFFC8

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%#95D3FF
Darker −20%#62BDFF
Darker −30%#2FA8FF
Darker −40%#0092FB
More saturated +25%#C8E8FF
Less saturated −25%#CFE7F8

Channel breakdown

R200
G232
B255
Red200 (78.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue205.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G E8 · B FF

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