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Colour

#CBD8EE

  • #CBD8EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CBD8EE is a blue with RGB values 203, 216, 238 and HSL 218°, 51%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CBD8EE#CBD8EE
HEX#CBD8EE
RGBrgb(203, 216, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8471, 0.9333
RGB percentages79.6%, 84.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(217.7, 50.7%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.7, 14.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK14.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,359,342
CSS custom property--colour: #CBD8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#342711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C3DCDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 11.1Light grey · ΔE 12.3Gainsboro · ΔE 12.4Alice blue · ΔE 13.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE1CB
Analogous#CBEAEE, #D0CBEE
Triadic#EECBD8, #D8EECB
Split complementary#EED0CB, #EAEECB
Tetradic#EECBEA, #EEE1CB, #CBEED0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F5FB
Darker −10%#A5BBE1
Darker −20%#7E9ED5
Darker −30%#5882C8
Darker −40%#3A67B3
More saturated +25%#C2D6F7
Less saturated −25%#D4DAE5

Channel breakdown

R203
G216
B238
Red203 (79.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue217.71°
Saturation (HSL)50.72%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G D8 · B EE

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