Colour

#CBD9EE

#CBD9EE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CBD9EE is a blue with RGB values 203, 217, 238 and HSL 216°, 51%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CBD9EE#CBD9EE

HEX#CBD9EE

RGBrgb(203, 217, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.851, 0.9333

RGB percentages79.6%, 85.1%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(216, 50.7%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216, 14.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK14.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,359,598

CSS custom property--colour: #CBD9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#342611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2DAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFD6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#C3DDE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 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 text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5 Light blue · ΔE 10.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 12 Light grey · ΔE 12 Alice blue · ΔE 13.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EEE0CB

Analogous#CBEBEE, #CFCBEE

Triadic#EECBD9, #D9EECB

Split complementary#EECFCB, #EBEECB

Tetradic#EECBEB, #EEE0CB, #CBEECF

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%#A5BDE1

Darker −20%#7EA1D5

Darker −30%#5885C8

Darker −40%#3A6AB3

More saturated +25%#C2D7F7

Less saturated −25%#D4DBE5

Channel breakdown

R203

G217

B238

Red203 (79.6%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue216°

Saturation (HSL)50.72%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CB · G D9 · B EE

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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