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Recognised as Colour

#CDDCE8

  • #CDDCE8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CDDCE8 is a blue with RGB values 205, 220, 232 and HSL 207°, 37%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CDDCE8#CDDCE8
HEX#CDDCE8
RGBrgb(205, 220, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8627, 0.9098
RGB percentages80.4%, 86.3%, 91%
HSLhsl(206.7, 37%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 11.6%, 91%)
CMYK11.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,432
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDCE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#322317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DCE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DFE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 8.1Lavender · ΔE 8.3Light grey · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 9.6Alice blue · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 8.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8D9CD
Analogous#CDE8E7, #CDCFE8
Triadic#E8CDDC, #DCE8CD
Split complementary#E8CDCF, #E8E7CD
Tetradic#E7CDE8, #E8D9CD, #CFE8CD

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%#AAC4D8
Darker −20%#87ABC8
Darker −30%#6493B8
Darker −40%#4979A0
More saturated +25%#C4DDF1
Less saturated −25%#D6DBDF

Channel breakdown

R205
G220
B232
Red205 (80.4%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DC · B E8

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