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Recognised as Colour

#CDD2EC

  • #CDD2EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CDD2EC is a blue with RGB values 205, 210, 236 and HSL 230°, 45%, 86%. 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

#CDD2EC#CDD2EC
HEX#CDD2EC
RGBrgb(205, 210, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8235, 0.9255
RGB percentages80.4%, 82.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(230.3, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.3, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,488,876
CSS custom property--colour: #CDD2EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#322D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD2EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C6D6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 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 text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.9Lavender · ΔE 8.2Thistle · ΔE 11.6Light grey · ΔE 13.8Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECE7CD
Analogous#CDE2EC, #D8CDEC
Triadic#ECCDD2, #D2ECCD
Split complementary#ECD8CD, #E2ECCD
Tetradic#ECCDE2, #ECE7CD, #CDECD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F3FA
Darker −10%#A8B1DE
Darker −20%#838FD0
Darker −30%#5E6EC2
Darker −40%#4152AC
More saturated +25%#C4CCF5
Less saturated −25%#D6D8E3

Channel breakdown

R205
G210
B236
Red205 (80.4%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue230.32°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G D2 · B EC

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