Colour

#CDD9D9

#CDD9D9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light grey

#CDD9D9 is a cyan with RGB values 205, 217, 217 and HSL 180°, 14%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CDD9D9#CDD9D9

HEX#CDD9D9

RGBrgb(205, 217, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.851, 0.851

RGB percentages80.4%, 85.1%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(180, 13.6%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 5.5%, 85.1%)

CMYK5.5%, 0%, 0%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,490,649

CSS custom property--colour: #CDD9D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#322626

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7D8D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5D6D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#CADAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 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 text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 4.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 4.7 Silver · ΔE 9.2 White smoke · ΔE 11.5 Alice blue · ΔE 12 Powder blue · ΔE 12

Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 4.44, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D9CDCD

Analogous#CDD9D3, #CDD3D9

Triadic#D9CDD9, #D9D9CD

Split complementary#D9CDD3, #D9D3CD

Tetradic#D3CDD9, #D9CDCD, #D3D9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EAEFEF

Darker −10%#B0C3C3

Darker −20%#93ADAD

Darker −30%#769797

Darker −40%#5E7C7C

More saturated +25%#C2E4E4

Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R205

G217

B217

Red205 (80.4%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)13.64%

Lightness82.75%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR CD · G D9 · B D9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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