Colour

#C9DCFF

#C9DCFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#C9DCFF is a blue with RGB values 201, 220, 255 and HSL 219°, 100%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#C9DCFF#C9DCFF

HEX#C9DCFF

RGBrgb(201, 220, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8627, 1

RGB percentages78.8%, 86.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(218.9, 100%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 21.2%, 100%)

CMYK21.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,229,311

CSS custom property--colour: #C9DCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#362300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#BBE3E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10 Lavender · ΔE 10.8 Light blue · ΔE 14.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9 Thistle · ΔE 17.4 Sky blue · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFECC9

Analogous#C9F7FF, #D1C9FF

Triadic#FFC9DC, #DCFFC9

Split complementary#FFD1C9, #F7FFC9

Tetradic#FFC9F7, #FFECC9, #C9FFD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFDFF

Darker −10%#96BBFF

Darker −20%#639AFF

Darker −30%#3079FF

Darker −40%#0059FC

More saturated +25%#C9DCFF

Less saturated −25%#D0DEF8

Channel breakdown

R201

G220

B255

Red201 (78.8%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue218.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness89.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR C9 · G DC · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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