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Recognised as Colour

#CDDBDC

  • #CDDBDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CDDBDC is a cyan with RGB values 205, 219, 220 and HSL 184°, 18%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CDDBDC#CDDBDC
HEX#CDDBDC
RGBrgb(205, 219, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8588, 0.8627
RGB percentages80.4%, 85.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(184, 17.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 6.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK6.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,164
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDBDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#322423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C9DCDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.1Light grey · ΔE 5.3Silver · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 11.3White smoke · ΔE 11.3Alice blue · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCECD
Analogous#CDDCD6, #CDD4DC
Triadic#DCCDDB, #DBDCCD
Split complementary#DCCDD4, #DCD6CD
Tetradic#D6CDDC, #DCCECD, #D4DCCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF1F1
Darker −10%#AFC5C7
Darker −20%#91B0B2
Darker −30%#739A9D
Darker −40%#5B7F82
More saturated +25%#C2E4E7
Less saturated −25%#D5D5D5

Channel breakdown

R205
G219
B220
Red205 (80.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)17.65%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DB · B DC

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