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Recognised as Colour

#CBC8DC

  • #CBC8DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CBC8DC is a blue with RGB values 203, 200, 220 and HSL 249°, 22%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CBC8DC#CBC8DC
HEX#CBC8DC
RGBrgb(203, 200, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.7843, 0.8627
RGB percentages79.6%, 78.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(249, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(249, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK7.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,355,228
CSS custom property--colour: #CBC8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#343723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C8CBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Lavender · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.3Gainsboro · ΔE 12.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9DCC8
Analogous#C8CFDC, #D5C8DC
Triadic#DCCBC8, #C8DCCB
Split complementary#DCD5C8, #CFDCC8
Tetradic#DCC8CF, #D9DCC8, #C8DCD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E7F0
Darker −10%#AEA9C8
Darker −20%#908AB4
Darker −30%#736AA1
Darker −40%#5B5484
More saturated +25%#C3BDE7
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R203
G200
B220
Red203 (79.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue249°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G C8 · B DC

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