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Recognised as Colour

#CDCDEC

  • #CDCDEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CDCDEC is a blue with RGB values 205, 205, 236 and HSL 240°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CDCDEC#CDCDEC
HEX#CDCDEC
RGBrgb(205, 205, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8039, 0.9255
RGB percentages80.4%, 80.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(240, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,487,596
CSS custom property--colour: #CDCDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#323213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C7D2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Thistle · ΔE 9.9Lavender · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 16.4Gainsboro · ΔE 17Silver · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECECCD
Analogous#CDDDEC, #DDCDEC
Triadic#ECCDCD, #CDECCD
Split complementary#ECDDCD, #DDECCD
Tetradic#ECCDDD, #ECECCD, #CDECDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F2FA
Darker −10%#A8A8DE
Darker −20%#8383D0
Darker −30%#5E5EC2
Darker −40%#4141AC
More saturated +25%#C4C4F5
Less saturated −25%#D6D6E3

Channel breakdown

R205
G205
B236
Red205 (80.4%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G CD · B EC

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