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Recognised as Colour

#CDD3DC

  • #CDD3DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CDD3DC is a blue with RGB values 205, 211, 220 and HSL 216°, 18%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CDD3DC#CDD3DC
HEX#CDD3DC
RGBrgb(205, 211, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8275, 0.8627
RGB percentages80.4%, 82.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(216, 17.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 6.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK6.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,489,116
CSS custom property--colour: #CDD3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#322C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D3DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CAD5D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.2Gainsboro · ΔE 6.2Silver · ΔE 8.4Lavender · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Light blue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD6CD
Analogous#CDDBDC, #CFCDDC
Triadic#DCCDD3, #D3DCCD
Split complementary#DCCFCD, #DBDCCD
Tetradic#DCCDDB, #DCD6CD, #CDDCCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBEDF1
Darker −10%#AFB9C7
Darker −20%#919EB2
Darker −30%#73849D
Darker −40%#5B6B82
More saturated +25%#C2D1E7
Less saturated −25%#D5D5D5

Channel breakdown

R205
G211
B220
Red205 (80.4%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)17.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G D3 · B DC

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