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Recognised as Colour

#CBDBE0

  • #CBDBE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CBDBE0 is a cyan with RGB values 203, 219, 224 and HSL 194°, 25%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CBDBE0#CBDBE0
HEX#CBDBE0
RGBrgb(203, 219, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8588, 0.8784
RGB percentages79.6%, 85.9%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(194.3, 25.3%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 9.4%, 87.8%)
CMYK9.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,360,096
CSS custom property--colour: #CBDBE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68741WCAG 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 14.75:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#34241F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DAE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D7E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.3Light grey · ΔE 6.4Light blue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Silver · ΔE 10.6Lavender · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0D0CB
Analogous#CBE0DB, #CBD0E0
Triadic#E0CBDB, #DBE0CB
Split complementary#E0CBD0, #E0DBCB
Tetradic#DBCBE0, #E0D0CB, #D0E0CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF1F3
Darker −10%#ABC5CD
Darker −20%#8BAFBA
Darker −30%#6B99A7
Darker −40%#537E8C
More saturated +25%#C1E0EA
Less saturated −25%#D5D6D6

Channel breakdown

R203
G219
B224
Red203 (79.6%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue194.29°
Saturation (HSL)25.3%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G DB · B E0

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