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Colour

#C9CBD3

  • #C9CBD3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#C9CBD3 is a blue with RGB values 201, 203, 211 and HSL 228°, 10%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#C9CBD3#C9CBD3
HEX#C9CBD3
RGBrgb(201, 203, 211)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.7961, 0.8275
RGB percentages78.8%, 79.6%, 82.7%
HSLhsl(228, 10.2%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228, 4.7%, 82.7%)
CMYK4.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,224,915
CSS custom property--colour: #C9CBD3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.97:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#36342C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CCD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CBD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C7CCCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.1Silver · ΔE 5.9Gainsboro · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Lavender · ΔE 11.8Dark grey · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3D1C9
Analogous#C9D0D3, #CCC9D3
Triadic#D3C9CB, #CBD3C9
Split complementary#D3CCC9, #D0D3C9
Tetradic#D3C9D0, #D3D1C9, #C9D3CC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E5E6EA
Darker −10%#ADB0BC
Darker −20%#9195A5
Darker −30%#757A8E
Darker −40%#5D6273
More saturated +25%#BDC4DF
Less saturated −25%#CECECE

Channel breakdown

R201
G203
B211
Red201 (78.8%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue211 (82.7%)
Hue228°
Saturation (HSL)10.2%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G CB · B D3

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