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Recognised as Colour

#CCD9EE

  • #CCD9EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CCD9EE is a blue with RGB values 204, 217, 238 and HSL 217°, 50%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CCD9EE#CCD9EE
HEX#CCD9EE
RGBrgb(204, 217, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.851, 0.9333
RGB percentages80%, 85.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(217.1, 50%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.1, 14.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK14.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,425,134
CSS custom property--colour: #CCD9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.73:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#332611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DAEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DDE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.1Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 11Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8Light grey · ΔE 11.9Alice blue · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE1CC
Analogous#CCEAEE, #D0CCEE
Triadic#EECCD9, #D9EECC
Split complementary#EED0CC, #EAEECC
Tetradic#EECCEA, #EEE1CC, #CCEED0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F5FB
Darker −10%#A6BCE1
Darker −20%#80A0D5
Darker −30%#5983C8
Darker −40%#3C69B3
More saturated +25%#C4D7F7
Less saturated −25%#D5DBE6

Channel breakdown

R204
G217
B238
Red204 (80%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue217.06°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CC · G D9 · B EE

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