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Colour

#CCC8E5

  • #CCC8E5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CCC8E5 is a blue with RGB values 204, 200, 229 and HSL 248°, 36%, 84%. 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

#CCC8E5#CCC8E5
HEX#CCC8E5
RGBrgb(204, 200, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7843, 0.898
RGB percentages80%, 78.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(248.3, 35.8%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.3, 12.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK10.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,420,773
CSS custom property--colour: #CCC8E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#33371A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CCE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CBE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#C7CCD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 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 text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8Light steelblue · ΔE 9Lavender · ΔE 11.4Light grey · ΔE 15.7Silver · ΔE 16Gainsboro · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1E5C8
Analogous#C8D3E5, #DBC8E5
Triadic#E5CCC8, #C8E5CC
Split complementary#E5DBC8, #D3E5C8
Tetradic#E5C8D3, #E1E5C8, #C8E5DB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#ECEBF5
Darker −10%#ACA5D5
Darker −20%#8C83C4
Darker −30%#6C60B4
Darker −40%#534899
More saturated +25%#C5BEEF
Less saturated −25%#D3D2DB

Channel breakdown

R204
G200
B229
Red204 (80%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue248.28°
Saturation (HSL)35.8%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G C8 · B E5

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