Recognised as Colour

#CDE4EC

#CDE4EC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#CDE4EC is a cyan with RGB values 205, 228, 236 and HSL 195°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#CDE4EC

RGBrgb(205, 228, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.8941, 0.9255

RGB percentages80.4%, 89.4%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(195.5, 44.9%, 86.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 13.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK13.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,493,484

CSS custom property--colour: #CDE4EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#321B13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C5E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.8 Light blue · ΔE 8.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 8.9 Alice blue · ΔE 9.5 Light grey · ΔE 10 Light cyan · ΔE 10

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECD5CD

Analogous#CDECE5, #CDD5EC

Triadic#ECCDE4, #E4ECCD

Split complementary#ECCDD4, #ECE5CD

Tetradic#E5CDEC, #ECD5CD, #D5ECCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2F8FA

Darker −10%#A8D0DE

Darker −20%#83BCD0

Darker −30%#5EA8C2

Darker −40%#4190AC

More saturated +25%#C4E8F5

Less saturated −25%#D6E0E3

Channel breakdown

R205

G228

B236

Red205 (80.4%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue195.48°

Saturation (HSL)44.93%

Lightness86.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CD · G E4 · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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