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Recognised as Colour

#CCCAD6

  • #CCCAD6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CCCAD6 is a blue with RGB values 204, 202, 214 and HSL 250°, 13%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CCCAD6#CCCAD6
HEX#CCCAD6
RGBrgb(204, 202, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.7922, 0.8392
RGB percentages80%, 79.2%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(250, 12.8%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(250, 5.6%, 83.9%)
CMYK4.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,421,270
CSS custom property--colour: #CCCAD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.99:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#333529

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CBD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CBD6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CACCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 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 text12.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 7Silver · ΔE 7.6Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Lavender · ΔE 10.8Light steelblue · ΔE 10.9Thistle · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4D6CA
Analogous#CACED6, #D2CAD6
Triadic#D6CCCA, #CAD6CC
Split complementary#D6D2CA, #CED6CA
Tetradic#D6CACE, #D4D6CA, #CAD6D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E7EC
Darker −10%#B0ADC0
Darker −20%#9590AA
Darker −30%#797493
Darker −40%#615C78
More saturated +25%#C4BEE2
Less saturated −25%#D0D0D0

Channel breakdown

R204
G202
B214
Red204 (80%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue250°
Saturation (HSL)12.77%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G CA · B D6

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