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Recognised as Colour

#CDDDE8

  • #CDDDE8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CDDDE8 is a blue with RGB values 205, 221, 232 and HSL 204°, 37%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CDDDE8#CDDDE8
HEX#CDDDE8
RGBrgb(205, 221, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8667, 0.9098
RGB percentages80.4%, 86.7%, 91%
HSLhsl(204.4, 37%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.4, 11.6%, 91%)
CMYK11.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,688
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDDE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.1:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#322217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DCE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C6E0E0no 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 text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.9Light grey · ΔE 8.3Lavender · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 9.5Alice blue · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8D8CD
Analogous#CDE8E6, #CDD0E8
Triadic#E8CDDD, #DDE8CD
Split complementary#E8CDD0, #E8E6CD
Tetradic#E6CDE8, #E8D8CD, #D0E8CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F5F8
Darker −10%#AAC5D8
Darker −20%#87ADC8
Darker −30%#6496B8
Darker −40%#497CA0
More saturated +25%#C4DFF1
Less saturated −25%#D6DBDF

Channel breakdown

R205
G221
B232
Red205 (80.4%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue204.44°
Saturation (HSL)36.99%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DD · B E8

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