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Colour

#CBDBEE

  • #CBDBEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CBDBEE is a blue with RGB values 203, 219, 238 and HSL 213°, 51%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CBDBEE#CBDBEE
HEX#CBDBEE
RGBrgb(203, 219, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8588, 0.9333
RGB percentages79.6%, 85.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(212.6, 50.7%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.6, 14.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK14.7%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,360,110
CSS custom property--colour: #CBDBEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.91:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#342411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DBEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C2DFE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 9.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11.3Light grey · ΔE 11.4Alice blue · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDECB
Analogous#CBEDEE, #CDCBEE
Triadic#EECBDB, #DBEECB
Split complementary#EECDCB, #EDEECB
Tetradic#EECBED, #EEDECB, #CBEECD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F6FB
Darker −10%#A5C0E1
Darker −20%#7EA6D5
Darker −30%#588BC8
Darker −40%#3A71B3
More saturated +25%#C2DAF7
Less saturated −25%#D4DCE5

Channel breakdown

R203
G219
B238
Red203 (79.6%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue212.57°
Saturation (HSL)50.72%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G DB · B EE

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