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Recognised as Colour

#CBE1EA

  • #CBE1EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#CBE1EA is a cyan with RGB values 203, 225, 234 and HSL 197°, 42%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#CBE1EA#CBE1EA
HEX#CBE1EA
RGBrgb(203, 225, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.8824, 0.9176
RGB percentages79.6%, 88.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(197.4, 42.5%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 13.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK13.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,361,642
CSS custom property--colour: #CBE1EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.5:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#341E15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C3E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.4Gainsboro · ΔE 8.8Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Light grey · ΔE 9.5Alice blue · ΔE 10.2Lavender · ΔE 10.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAD4CB
Analogous#CBEAE3, #CBD2EA
Triadic#EACBE1, #E1EACB
Split complementary#EACBD2, #EAE3CB
Tetradic#E3CBEA, #EAD4CB, #D2EACB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF6F9
Darker −10%#A7CCDB
Darker −20%#82B7CD
Darker −30%#5EA2BE
Darker −40%#4389A6
More saturated +25%#C2E5F3
Less saturated −25%#D4DDE1

Channel breakdown

R203
G225
B234
Red203 (79.6%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue197.42°
Saturation (HSL)42.47%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CB · G E1 · B EA

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