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Recognised as Colour

#CDE5FF

  • #CDE5FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDE5FF is a blue with RGB values 205, 229, 255 and HSL 211°, 100%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CDE5FF#CDE5FF
HEX#CDE5FF
RGBrgb(205, 229, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.898, 1
RGB percentages80.4%, 89.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(211.2, 100%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.2, 19.6%, 100%)
CMYK19.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,493,759
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.25:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#321A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6E0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C0EBEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Alice blue · ΔE 13.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.1Ghost white · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE7CD
Analogous#CDFEFF, #CECDFF
Triadic#FFCDE5, #E5FFCD
Split complementary#FFCECD, #FEFFCD
Tetradic#FFCDFE, #FFE7CD, #CDFFCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#9ACAFF
Darker −20%#67B0FF
Darker −30%#3495FF
Darker −40%#017BFF
More saturated +25%#CDE5FF
Less saturated −25%#D3E5F9

Channel breakdown

R205
G229
B255
Red205 (80.4%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue211.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G E5 · B FF

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