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Recognised as Colour

#CBD8F4

  • #CBD8F4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CBD8F4 is a blue with RGB values 203, 216, 244 and HSL 221°, 65%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CBD8F4#CBD8F4
HEX#CBD8F4
RGBrgb(203, 216, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8471, 0.9569
RGB percentages79.6%, 84.7%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(221, 65.1%, 87.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221, 16.8%, 95.7%)
CMYK16.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,359,348
CSS custom property--colour: #CBD8F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#34270B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DAF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD6F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C1DDE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.1Lavender · ΔE 8.3Light blue · ΔE 12.9Thistle · ΔE 14.7Gainsboro · ΔE 15.3Light grey · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4E7CB
Analogous#CBEDF4, #D3CBF4
Triadic#F4CBD8, #D8F4CB
Split complementary#F4D3CB, #ECF4CB
Tetradic#F4CBEC, #F4E7CB, #CBF4D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F8FD
Darker −10%#A1B8EB
Darker −20%#7799E2
Darker −30%#4D79D9
Darker −40%#2A5DC9
More saturated +25%#C3D5FC
Less saturated −25%#D3DBEC

Channel breakdown

R203
G216
B244
Red203 (79.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue220.98°
Saturation (HSL)65.08%
Lightness87.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G D8 · B F4

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