Recognised as Colour

#CDC5EC

#CDC5EC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CDC5EC is a blue with RGB values 205, 197, 236 and HSL 252°, 51%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CDC5EC#CDC5EC

HEX#CDC5EC

RGBrgb(205, 197, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7725, 0.9255

RGB percentages80.4%, 77.3%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(252.3, 50.6%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(252.3, 16.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK13.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,485,548

CSS custom property--colour: #CDC5EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.79:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#323A13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDCAEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BEC9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C7CBD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.6 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3 Lavender · ΔE 15.1 Light grey · ΔE 21.2 Silver · ΔE 21.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E4ECC5

Analogous#C5D1EC, #E1C5EC

Triadic#ECCDC5, #C5ECCD

Split complementary#ECE1C5, #D1ECC5

Tetradic#ECC5D1, #E4ECC5, #C5ECE1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EEEBF9

Darker −10%#AC9FDF

Darker −20%#8B78D3

Darker −30%#6A52C6

Darker −40%#5039AC

More saturated +25%#C7BBF6

Less saturated −25%#D3CFE2

Channel breakdown

R205

G197

B236

Red205 (80.4%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue252.31°

Saturation (HSL)50.65%

Lightness84.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CD · G C5 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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