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Recognised as Colour

#CDDEF6

  • #CDDEF6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDDEF6 is a blue with RGB values 205, 222, 246 and HSL 215°, 69%, 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

#CDDEF6#CDDEF6
HEX#CDDEF6
RGBrgb(205, 222, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8706, 0.9647
RGB percentages80.4%, 87.1%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(215.1, 69.5%, 88.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.1, 16.7%, 96.5%)
CMYK16.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,491,958
CSS custom property--colour: #CDDEF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#322109

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DFF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DBF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#C3E3E6no 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 text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.2Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 11.1Alice blue · ΔE 13.2Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6Light grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6E5CD
Analogous#CDF3F6, #D1CDF6
Triadic#F6CDDE, #DEF6CD
Split complementary#F6D1CD, #F3F6CD
Tetradic#F6CDF3, #F6E5CD, #CDF6D1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8FBFE
Darker −10%#A2C1EE
Darker −20%#77A5E6
Darker −30%#4B88DF
Darker −40%#266DD1
More saturated +25%#C6DDFD
Less saturated −25%#D4DFEF

Channel breakdown

R205
G222
B246
Red205 (80.4%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue215.12°
Saturation (HSL)69.49%
Lightness88.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G DE · B F6

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