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Recognised as Colour

#CDCBEB

  • #CDCBEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CDCBEB is a blue with RGB values 205, 203, 235 and HSL 244°, 44%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CDCBEB#CDCBEB
HEX#CDCBEB
RGBrgb(205, 203, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7961, 0.9216
RGB percentages80.4%, 79.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(243.8, 44.4%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.8, 13.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK12.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,487,083
CSS custom property--colour: #CDCBEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.34:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#323414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CFEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C7D0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Thistle · ΔE 9.3Lavender · ΔE 11.3Light grey · ΔE 17.1Gainsboro · ΔE 17.7Silver · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E9EBCB
Analogous#CBD9EB, #DDCBEB
Triadic#EBCDCB, #CBEBCD
Split complementary#EBDDCB, #D9EBCB
Tetradic#EBCBD9, #E9EBCB, #CBEBDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F0F9
Darker −10%#AAA6DD
Darker −20%#8681CF
Darker −30%#635CC1
Darker −40%#4741A9
More saturated +25%#C5C2F4
Less saturated −25%#D5D4E2

Channel breakdown

R205
G203
B235
Red205 (80.4%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue243.75°
Saturation (HSL)44.44%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G CB · B EB

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