Recognised as Colour

#CCC7EE

#CCC7EE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CCC7EE is a blue with RGB values 204, 199, 238 and HSL 248°, 53%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CCC7EE#CCC7EE

HEX#CCC7EE

RGBrgb(204, 199, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7804, 0.9333

RGB percentages80%, 78%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(247.7, 53.4%, 85.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(247.7, 16.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK14.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,420,526

CSS custom property--colour: #CCC7EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.97:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#333811

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BECCF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFCAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C5CDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6 Lavender · ΔE 14.6 Light grey · ΔE 21 Silver · ΔE 21.2 Light blue · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E9EEC7

Analogous#C7D6EE, #E0C7EE

Triadic#EECCC7, #C7EECC

Split complementary#EEE0C7, #D6EEC7

Tetradic#EEC7D6, #E9EEC7, #C7EEE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0EEFA

Darker −10%#A8A0E2

Darker −20%#8579D6

Darker −30%#6152CA

Darker −40%#4636B3

More saturated +25%#C5BEF7

Less saturated −25%#D3D0E5

Channel breakdown

R204

G199

B238

Red204 (80%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue247.69°

Saturation (HSL)53.42%

Lightness85.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G C7 · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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