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Recognised as Colour

#CBDCD6

  • #CBDCD6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CBDCD6 is a cyan with RGB values 203, 220, 214 and HSL 159°, 20%, 83%. 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

#CBDCD6#CBDCD6
HEX#CBDCD6
RGBrgb(203, 220, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8627, 0.8392
RGB percentages79.6%, 86.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(158.8, 19.5%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.8, 7.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK7.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,360,342
CSS custom property--colour: #CBDCD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.4 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#342329

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBDAD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D7D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C8DCDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 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 7Light grey · ΔE 7.1Silver · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.6White smoke · ΔE 12.3Light cyan · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCBD1
Analogous#CBDCCD, #CBD9DC
Triadic#D6CBDC, #DCD6CB
Split complementary#DCCBD9, #DCCDCB
Tetradic#CDCBDC, #DCCBD1, #D9DCCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F1EE
Darker −10%#ADC7BE
Darker −20%#8EB3A6
Darker −30%#709E8E
Darker −40%#588374
More saturated +25%#C0E7D9
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R203
G220
B214
Red203 (79.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue158.82°
Saturation (HSL)19.54%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CB · G DC · B D6

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