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Recognised as Colour

#C9DBFD

  • #C9DBFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#C9DBFD is a blue with RGB values 201, 219, 253 and HSL 219°, 93%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C9DBFD#C9DBFD
HEX#C9DBFD
RGBrgb(201, 219, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8588, 0.9922
RGB percentages78.8%, 85.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(219.2, 92.9%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.2, 20.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK20.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,229,053
CSS custom property--colour: #C9DBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#362402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BCE2E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 14.2Thistle · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Alice blue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDEBC9
Analogous#C9F5FD, #D1C9FD
Triadic#FDC9DB, #DBFDC9
Split complementary#FDD1C9, #F5FDC9
Tetradic#FDC9F5, #FDEBC9, #C9FDD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFCFF
Darker −10%#98BAFB
Darker −20%#6799F9
Darker −30%#3579F8
Darker −40%#0959F1
More saturated +25%#C7DAFF
Less saturated −25%#D0DDF6

Channel breakdown

R201
G219
B253
Red201 (78.8%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue219.23°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness89.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G DB · B FD

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