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Recognised as Colour

#C9D2E6

  • #C9D2E6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C9D2E6 is a blue with RGB values 201, 210, 230 and HSL 221°, 37%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C9D2E6#C9D2E6
HEX#C9D2E6
RGBrgb(201, 210, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8235, 0.902
RGB percentages78.8%, 82.4%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(221.4, 36.7%, 84.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 12.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK12.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,226,726
CSS custom property--colour: #C9D2E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#362D19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD3E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD1E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C2D6D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.4Lavender · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 11.8Silver · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.42, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6DDC9
Analogous#C9E1E6, #CFC9E6
Triadic#E6C9D2, #D2E6C9
Split complementary#E6CFC9, #E1E6C9
Tetradic#E6C9E1, #E6DDC9, #C9E6CF

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%#A6B5D6
Darker −20%#8398C6
Darker −30%#607BB6
Darker −40%#48629B
More saturated +25%#BFCEF0
Less saturated −25%#D3D6DC

Channel breakdown

R201
G210
B230
Red201 (78.8%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue221.38°
Saturation (HSL)36.71%
Lightness84.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G D2 · B E6

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