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Recognised as Colour

#CDCFFF

  • #CDCFFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CDCFFF is a blue with RGB values 205, 207, 255 and HSL 238°, 100%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CDCFFF#CDCFFF
HEX#CDCFFF
RGBrgb(205, 207, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8118, 1
RGB percentages80.4%, 81.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(237.6, 100%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 19.6%, 100%)
CMYK19.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,488,127
CSS custom property--colour: #CDCFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#323000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1D1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C2D7DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Thistle · ΔE 15.6Lavender · ΔE 16.7Light skyblue · ΔE 20.9Light blue · ΔE 23.3Sky blue · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFFDCD
Analogous#CDE8FF, #E4CDFF
Triadic#FFCDCF, #CFFFCD
Split complementary#FFE4CD, #E8FFCD
Tetradic#FFCDE8, #FFFDCD, #CDFFE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#9A9EFF
Darker −20%#676DFF
Darker −30%#343CFF
Darker −40%#010BFF
More saturated +25%#CDCFFF
Less saturated −25%#D3D5F9

Channel breakdown

R205
G207
B255
Red205 (80.4%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue237.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G CF · B FF

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