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Colour

#CBDCEE

  • #CBDCEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CBDCEE is a blue with RGB values 203, 220, 238 and HSL 211°, 51%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CBDCEE#CBDCEE
HEX#CBDCEE
RGBrgb(203, 220, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8627, 0.9333
RGB percentages79.6%, 86.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(210.9, 50.7%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 14.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK14.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,360,366
CSS custom property--colour: #CBDCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.01:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#342311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DCEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C2E0E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.6Light blue · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9Light grey · ΔE 11.2Alice blue · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDDCB
Analogous#CBEEEE, #CCCBEE
Triadic#EECBDC, #DCEECB
Split complementary#EECCCB, #EEEECB
Tetradic#EECBEE, #EEDDCB, #CBEECB

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%#A5C2E1
Darker −20%#7EA8D5
Darker −30%#588EC8
Darker −40%#3A75B3
More saturated +25%#C2DCF7
Less saturated −25%#D4DCE5

Channel breakdown

R203
G220
B238
Red203 (79.6%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue210.86°
Saturation (HSL)50.72%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G DC · B EE

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