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Recognised as Colour

#CBD4ED

  • #CBD4ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CBD4ED is a blue with RGB values 203, 212, 237 and HSL 224°, 49%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CBD4ED#CBD4ED
HEX#CBD4ED
RGBrgb(203, 212, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8314, 0.9294
RGB percentages79.6%, 83.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(224.1, 48.6%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 14.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK14.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,358,317
CSS custom property--colour: #CBD4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.18:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#342B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD3ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C3D9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.5Lavender · ΔE 8Light blue · ΔE 13Thistle · ΔE 13Light grey · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDE4CB
Analogous#CBE5ED, #D3CBED
Triadic#EDCBD4, #D4EDCB
Split complementary#EDD3CB, #E5EDCB
Tetradic#EDCBE5, #EDE4CB, #CBEDD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F3FA
Darker −10%#A5B5E0
Darker −20%#7F95D3
Darker −30%#5976C6
Darker −40%#3D5BAF
More saturated +25%#C2D0F6
Less saturated −25%#D4D8E4

Channel breakdown

R203
G212
B237
Red203 (79.6%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue224.12°
Saturation (HSL)48.57%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G D4 · B ED

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