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Recognised as Colour

#CDDEF5

  • #CDDEF5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDDEF5 is a blue with RGB values 205, 222, 245 and HSL 215°, 67%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CDDEF5#CDDEF5
HEX#CDDEF5
RGBrgb(205, 222, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8706, 0.9608
RGB percentages80.4%, 87.1%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(214.5, 66.7%, 88.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.5, 16.3%, 96.1%)
CMYK16.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,957
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDEF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.36:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#32210A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DFF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DBF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#C3E3E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.1Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 12.8Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5E4CD
Analogous#CDF2F5, #D0CDF5
Triadic#F5CDDE, #DEF5CD
Split complementary#F5D0CD, #F2F5CD
Tetradic#F5CDF2, #F5E4CD, #CDF5D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7FAFD
Darker −10%#A3C2EC
Darker −20%#78A6E4
Darker −30%#4E8ADB
Darker −40%#296FCD
More saturated +25%#C5DDFC
Less saturated −25%#D4DFED

Channel breakdown

R205
G222
B245
Red205 (80.4%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue214.5°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness88.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DE · B F5

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