#C8D2EA

sRGB: 200 / 210 / 234

Celestial flames illuminate hidden paths
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#C8D2EA belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 200 red, 210 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 222.4° lands in the azure region. Its 44.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.1% 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 (13.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 200, 210, 234
HSL: 222.35°, 44.74%, 85.10%
HSV / HSB: 222.35°, 14.53%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 14.53%, 10.26%, 0.00%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 61.714, 64.313, 87.007
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.128, 1.379, -12.945
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64313
24-bit decimal: 13161194

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 #C8D2EA 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: 13.86:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.51:1

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

#EAE0C8 sits half a turn (180°) from #C8D2EA 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.

#C8D2EA #EAE0C8

Analogous

#C8E3EA and #CFC8EA sit 30° to either side of #C8D2EA. 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.

#C8E3EA #C8D2EA #CFC8EA

Triadic

#C8D2EA, #EAC8D2 and #D2EAC8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C8D2EA #EAC8D2 #D2EAC8

Split complementary

Start at #C8D2EA and look across the wheel. #EACFC8 and #E3EAC8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C8D2EA #EACFC8 #E3EAC8

Square

Starting with #C8D2EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EAC8E3, #EAE0C8, then #C8EACF. Across the square, #C8D2EA pairs with #EAE0C8, and #EAC8E3 with #C8EACF.

#C8D2EA #EAC8E3 #EAE0C8 #C8EACF

Tetradic

#C8D2EA and #EAE0C8 are opposites, as are #E0C8EA and #D2EAC8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C8D2EA #E0C8EA #EAE0C8 #D2EAC8

Tints

Mixing #C8D2EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D3DBEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4F6FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#C8D2EA #D3DBEE #DEE4F2 #E9EDF7 #F4F6FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C8D2EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A0A8BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #282A2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#C8D2EA #A0A8BB #787E8C #50545E #282A2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #C8D2EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BAC2D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E9095, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C8D2EA #BAC2D5 #ABB1C0 #9DA1AA #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

#C8D2EA

RGB

rgb(200 210 234)

HSL

hsl(222.353 44.737% 85.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C8D2EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C8D2EA uses 200 red, 210 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 78.4%

Green 82.4%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C8D2EA is 14.5% cyan, 10.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.5%

Magenta 10.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 8.2%

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 #C8D2EA 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

#C8D2EA #CED4E4 #D3D7DF #D9D9D9 #DFDBD3 #E4DECE #EAE0C8

Color vision previews

Compare how #C8D2EA 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.

#CBD3EB

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.

#C8D1E9

Tritanopia

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

#C0D7DA

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.

#CAD3EB

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.

#C8D1EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#C7D3E4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D2D2D2

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.

#CDD2DE

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 0.64448 B 0.82279

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 0.79146 G 0.82227 B 0.90917

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58946 G 0.64226 B 0.80569

CIE xyY

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

x 0.290 y 0.302 Y 64.313

CMY

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

C % 21.569 M % 17.647 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11001000 11010010 11101010