#C8CFEB

sRGB: 200 / 207 / 235

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#C8CFEB belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 200 red, 207 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 228.0° lands in the blue region. Its 46.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.58:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 200, 207, 235
HSL: 228.00°, 46.67%, 85.29%
HSV / HSB: 228.00°, 14.89%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 14.89%, 11.91%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.125, 62.903, 87.521
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.391, 3.173, -14.581
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62903
24-bit decimal: 13160427

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C8CFEB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.58:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#EBE4C8 sits half a turn (180°) from #C8CFEB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C8CFEB #EBE4C8

Analogous

#C8E1EB and #D3C8EB sit 30° to either side of #C8CFEB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C8E1EB #C8CFEB #D3C8EB

Triadic

#C8CFEB, #EBC8CF and #CFEBC8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C8CFEB #EBC8CF #CFEBC8

Split complementary

Start at #C8CFEB and look across the wheel. #EBD3C8 and #E1EBC8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C8CFEB #EBD3C8 #E1EBC8

Square

Starting with #C8CFEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBC8E1, #EBE4C8, then #C8EBD3. Across the square, #C8CFEB pairs with #EBE4C8, and #EBC8E1 with #C8EBD3.

#C8CFEB #EBC8E1 #EBE4C8 #C8EBD3

Tetradic

#C8CFEB and #EBE4C8 are opposites, as are #E4C8EB and #CFEBC8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C8CFEB #E4C8EB #EBE4C8 #CFEBC8

Tints

Mixing #C8CFEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D3D9EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4F5FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#C8CFEB #D3D9EF #DEE2F3 #E9ECF7 #F4F5FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C8CFEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A0A6BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #28292F, the mixture is 80% black.

#C8CFEB #A0A6BC #787C8D #50535E #28292F #000000

Tones

Mixing #C8CFEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BABFD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E9095, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C8CFEB #BABFD6 #ABAFC0 #9DA0AB #8E9095 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C8CFEB

RGB

rgb(200 207 235)

HSL

hsl(228.000 46.667% 85.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C8CFEB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C8CFEB uses 200 red, 207 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.4%

Green 81.2%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C8CFEB is 14.9% cyan, 11.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.9%

Magenta 11.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCCCEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CCE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C8CFEB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCCCEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#C8CFEB #CED3E5 #D4D6DF #DADADA #DFDDD4 #E5E1CE #EBE4C8

Color vision previews

Compare how #C8CFEB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C8D1EC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C5CFEA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C0D4D8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C7D0EC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C6CFEB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C6D0E4

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D0D0D0

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CCCFDE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.57758 G 0.62396 B 0.83077

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.78928 G 0.81087 B 0.91205

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.58581 G 0.62242 B 0.81147

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.289 y 0.297 Y 62.903

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 21.569 M % 18.824 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001000 11001111 11101011