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Colour

#CDD7EC

  • #CDD7EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDD7EC is a blue with RGB values 205, 215, 236 and HSL 221°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CDD7EC#CDD7EC
HEX#CDD7EC
RGBrgb(205, 215, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8431, 0.9255
RGB percentages80.4%, 84.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(220.6, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,490,156
CSS custom property--colour: #CDD7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67636WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#322813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D8EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED5EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DBDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.9Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 11.5Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 11.8Alice blue · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECE2CD
Analogous#CDE7EC, #D3CDEC
Triadic#ECCDD7, #D7ECCD
Split complementary#ECD3CD, #E7ECCD
Tetradic#ECCDE7, #ECE2CD, #CDECD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F5FA
Darker −10%#A8B9DE
Darker −20%#839CD0
Darker −30%#5E7EC2
Darker −40%#4164AC
More saturated +25%#C4D4F5
Less saturated −25%#D6DAE3

Channel breakdown

R205
G215
B236
Red205 (80.4%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue220.65°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G D7 · B EC

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