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Recognised as Colour

#C9D1E6

  • #C9D1E6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C9D1E6 is a blue with RGB values 201, 209, 230 and HSL 223°, 37%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C9D1E6#C9D1E6
HEX#C9D1E6
RGBrgb(201, 209, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8196, 0.902
RGB percentages78.8%, 82%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(223.4, 36.7%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 12.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK12.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,226,470
CSS custom property--colour: #C9D1E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#362E19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD2E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D0E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C3D5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.2Lavender · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 12.3Thistle · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6DEC9
Analogous#C9E0E6, #D0C9E6
Triadic#E6C9D1, #D1E6C9
Split complementary#E6D0C9, #E0E6C9
Tetradic#E6C9E0, #E6DEC9, #C9E6D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECEFF6
Darker −10%#A6B3D6
Darker −20%#8396C6
Darker −30%#6078B6
Darker −40%#485F9B
More saturated +25%#BFCDF0
Less saturated −25%#D3D5DC

Channel breakdown

R201
G209
B230
Red201 (78.8%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue223.45°
Saturation (HSL)36.71%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G D1 · B E6

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