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Recognised as Colour

#CDDBEC

  • #CDDBEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDDBEC is a blue with RGB values 205, 219, 236 and HSL 213°, 45%, 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

#CDDBEC#CDDBEC
HEX#CDDBEC
RGBrgb(205, 219, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8588, 0.9255
RGB percentages80.4%, 85.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(212.9, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.9, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,180
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#322413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DBEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DFE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 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 text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.1Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Gainsboro · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 10.1Light grey · ΔE 10.3Alice blue · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECDECD
Analogous#CDEAEC, #CFCDEC
Triadic#ECCDDB, #DBECCD
Split complementary#ECCFCD, #EAECCD
Tetradic#ECCDEA, #ECDECD, #CDECCF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F6FA
Darker −10%#A8C0DE
Darker −20%#83A6D0
Darker −30%#5E8BC2
Darker −40%#4171AC
More saturated +25%#C4DAF5
Less saturated −25%#D6DCE3

Channel breakdown

R205
G219
B236
Red205 (80.4%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue212.9°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DB · B EC

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