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Recognised as Colour

#CBD6EA

  • #CBD6EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CBD6EA is a blue with RGB values 203, 214, 234 and HSL 219°, 42%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CBD6EA#CBD6EA
HEX#CBD6EA
RGBrgb(203, 214, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8392, 0.9176
RGB percentages79.6%, 83.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(218.7, 42.5%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.7, 13.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK13.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,358,826
CSS custom property--colour: #CBD6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.35:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#342915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D7EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD4EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DADCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.5Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light grey · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EADFCB
Analogous#CBE5EA, #D0CBEA
Triadic#EACBD6, #D6EACB
Split complementary#EAD0CB, #E6EACB
Tetradic#EACBE5, #EADFCB, #CBEAD0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF3F9
Darker −10%#A7B9DB
Darker −20%#829DCD
Darker −30%#5E80BE
Darker −40%#4366A6
More saturated +25%#C2D3F3
Less saturated −25%#D4D9E1

Channel breakdown

R203
G214
B234
Red203 (79.6%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue218.71°
Saturation (HSL)42.47%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G D6 · B EA

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