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Recognised as Colour

#CDE0FB

  • #CDE0FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDE0FB is a blue with RGB values 205, 224, 251 and HSL 215°, 85%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CDE0FB#CDE0FB
HEX#CDE0FB
RGBrgb(205, 224, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8784, 0.9843
RGB percentages80.4%, 87.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(215.2, 85.2%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 18.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK18.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,492,475
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE0FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73255WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.65:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#321F04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E1FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DCFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C2E6E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 11.7Alice blue · ΔE 14Ghost white · ΔE 15.2Gainsboro · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)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#FBE8CD
Analogous#CDF7FB, #D1CDFB
Triadic#FBCDE0, #E0FBCD
Split complementary#FBD1CD, #F7FBCD
Tetradic#FBCDF7, #FBE8CD, #CDFBD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFF
Darker −10%#9EC3F7
Darker −20%#6FA5F3
Darker −30%#3F88F0
Darker −40%#136BE9
More saturated +25%#C9DFFF
Less saturated −25%#D4E1F4

Channel breakdown

R205
G224
B251
Red205 (80.4%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue215.22°
Saturation (HSL)85.19%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G E0 · B FB

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