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Recognised as Colour

#C9E9FA

  • #C9E9FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#C9E9FA is a blue with RGB values 201, 233, 250 and HSL 201°, 83%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#C9E9FA#C9E9FA
HEX#C9E9FA
RGBrgb(201, 233, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.9137, 0.9804
RGB percentages78.8%, 91.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(200.8, 83.1%, 88.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.8, 19.6%, 98%)
CMYK19.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,232,634
CSS custom property--colour: #C9E9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.52:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#361605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E7FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAE2FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BBEEEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Lavender · ΔE 10.9Alice blue · ΔE 11.4Light cyan · ΔE 11.5Azure · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FADAC9
Analogous#C9FAF3, #C9D0FA
Triadic#FAC9E9, #E9FAC9
Split complementary#FAC9D0, #FAF3C9
Tetradic#F3C9FA, #FADAC9, #D0FAC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8FCFE
Darker −10%#9AD6F6
Darker −20%#6CC3F1
Darker −30%#3DB0ED
Darker −40%#159BE2
More saturated +25%#C4EBFF
Less saturated −25%#D0E7F3

Channel breakdown

R201
G233
B250
Red201 (78.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue200.82°
Saturation (HSL)83.05%
Lightness88.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR C9 · G E9 · B FA

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