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Recognised as Colour

#C9DEFC

  • #C9DEFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#C9DEFC is a blue with RGB values 201, 222, 252 and HSL 215°, 89%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#C9DEFC#C9DEFC
HEX#C9DEFC
RGBrgb(201, 222, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.8706, 0.9882
RGB percentages78.8%, 87.1%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(215.3, 89.5%, 88.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 20.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK20.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,229,820
CSS custom property--colour: #C9DEFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71688WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#362103

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DFFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFDAFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BCE4E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5Light blue · ΔE 12.2Alice blue · ΔE 15.7Powder blue · ΔE 16.1Gainsboro · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCE7C9
Analogous#C9F8FC, #CDC9FC
Triadic#FCC9DE, #DEFCC9
Split complementary#FCCDC9, #F8FCC9
Tetradic#FCC9F8, #FCE7C9, #C9FCCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FCFF
Darker −10%#99C0F9
Darker −20%#68A3F7
Darker −30%#3885F4
Darker −40%#0D69EC
More saturated +25%#C6DDFF
Less saturated −25%#D0DFF5

Channel breakdown

R201
G222
B252
Red201 (78.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue215.29°
Saturation (HSL)89.47%
Lightness88.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G DE · B FC

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