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Recognised as Colour

#CDDBDD

  • #CDDBDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CDDBDD is a cyan with RGB values 205, 219, 221 and HSL 188°, 19%, 84%. 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

#CDDBDD#CDDBDD
HEX#CDDBDD
RGBrgb(205, 219, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8588, 0.8667
RGB percentages80.4%, 85.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(187.5, 19%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 7.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK7.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,165
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDBDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#322422

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C9DCDCno 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 text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2Light grey · ΔE 5.4Silver · ΔE 10.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Alice blue · ΔE 11.3White smoke · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.2, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDCFCD
Analogous#CDDDD7, #CDD3DD
Triadic#DDCDDB, #DBDDCD
Split complementary#DDCDD3, #DDD7CD
Tetradic#D7CDDD, #DDCFCD, #D3DDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EBF1F2
Darker −10%#AFC5C8
Darker −20%#90AFB4
Darker −30%#72999F
Darker −40%#5A7F84
More saturated +25%#C3E3E8
Less saturated −25%#D5D5D5

Channel breakdown

R205
G219
B221
Red205 (80.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)19.05%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DB · B DD

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