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Colour

#C8EBFF

  • #C8EBFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C8EBFF is a blue with RGB values 200, 235, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C8EBFF#C8EBFF
HEX#C8EBFF
RGBrgb(200, 235, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.9216, 1
RGB percentages78.4%, 92.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.8, 100%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 21.6%, 100%)
CMYK21.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,167,615
CSS custom property--colour: #C8EBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#371400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAE3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#B9F1F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Lavender · ΔE 11.5Light cyan · ΔE 12.4Alice blue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFDCC8
Analogous#C8FFF7, #C8D0FF
Triadic#FFC8EB, #EBFFC8
Split complementary#FFC8D0, #FFF7C8
Tetradic#F7C8FF, #FFDCC8, #CFFFC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFEFF
Darker −10%#95D8FF
Darker −20%#62C6FF
Darker −30%#2FB3FF
Darker −40%#00A0FB
More saturated +25%#C8EBFF
Less saturated −25%#CFE9F8

Channel breakdown

R200
G235
B255
Red200 (78.4%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.82°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C8 · G EB · B FF

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