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Recognised as Colour

#C9C6EB

  • #C9C6EB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#C9C6EB is a blue with RGB values 201, 198, 235 and HSL 245°, 48%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#C9C6EB#C9C6EB
HEX#C9C6EB
RGBrgb(201, 198, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7765, 0.9216
RGB percentages78.8%, 77.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(244.9, 48.1%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.9, 15.7%, 92.2%)
CMYK14.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,223,659
CSS custom property--colour: #C9C6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#363914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECAEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC9EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C2CCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Lavender · ΔE 14.2Light grey · ΔE 20Silver · ΔE 20Light blue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EBC6
Analogous#C6D6EB, #DBC6EB
Triadic#EBC9C6, #C6EBC9
Split complementary#EBDBC6, #D6EBC6
Tetradic#EBC6D6, #E8EBC6, #C6EBDB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDECF8
Darker −10%#A5A0DE
Darker −20%#817AD1
Darker −30%#5E55C3
Darker −40%#443BAA
More saturated +25%#C1BCF5
Less saturated −25%#D1D0E1

Channel breakdown

R201
G198
B235
Red201 (78.8%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue244.86°
Saturation (HSL)48.05%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G C6 · B EB

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