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Recognised as Colour

#CDDBE8

  • #CDDBE8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDDBE8 is a blue with RGB values 205, 219, 232 and HSL 209°, 37%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CDDBE8#CDDBE8
HEX#CDDBE8
RGBrgb(205, 219, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8588, 0.9098
RGB percentages80.4%, 85.9%, 91%
HSLhsl(208.9, 37%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.9, 11.6%, 91%)
CMYK11.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,176
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDBE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.89:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#322417

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DBE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D8E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DEDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.9Gainsboro · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 9.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11Alice blue · ΔE 11.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8DACD
Analogous#CDE8E8, #CDCEE8
Triadic#E8CDDB, #DBE8CD
Split complementary#E8CDCE, #E8E8CD
Tetradic#E8CDE8, #E8DACD, #CEE8CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F4F8
Darker −10%#AAC2D8
Darker −20%#87A9C8
Darker −30%#6490B8
Darker −40%#4976A0
More saturated +25%#C4DBF1
Less saturated −25%#D6DBDF

Channel breakdown

R205
G219
B232
Red205 (80.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue208.89°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DB · B E8

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