Colour

#CCD4E8

#CCD4E8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CCD4E8 is a blue with RGB values 204, 212, 232 and HSL 223°, 38%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CCD4E8#CCD4E8

HEX#CCD4E8

RGBrgb(204, 212, 232)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8314, 0.9098

RGB percentages80%, 83.1%, 91%

HSLhsl(222.9, 37.8%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 12.1%, 91%)

CMYK12.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,423,848

CSS custom property--colour: #CCD4E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65751WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.15:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#332B17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CED5E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD3E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C6D8DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2 Light grey · ΔE 10.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.2 Light blue · ΔE 12.1 Silver · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E8E0CC

Analogous#CCE2E8, #D2CCE8

Triadic#E8CCD4, #D4E8CC

Split complementary#E8D2CC, #E2E8CC

Tetradic#E8CCE2, #E8E0CC, #CCE8D2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EFF2F8

Darker −10%#A9B6D8

Darker −20%#8699C8

Darker −30%#637BB8

Darker −40%#4861A0

More saturated +25%#C3D0F1

Less saturated −25%#D5D8DF

Channel breakdown

R204

G212

B232

Red204 (80%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue232 (91%)

Hue222.86°

Saturation (HSL)37.84%

Lightness85.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G D4 · B E8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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