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Recognised as Colour

#CDE8FF

  • #CDE8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CDE8FF is a blue with RGB values 205, 232, 255 and HSL 208°, 100%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CDE8FF#CDE8FF
HEX#CDE8FF
RGBrgb(205, 232, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.9098, 1
RGB percentages80.4%, 91%, 100%
HSLhsl(207.6, 100%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.6, 19.6%, 100%)
CMYK19.6%, 9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,494,527
CSS custom property--colour: #CDE8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77912WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#321700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C0EDEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.1Light blue · ΔE 10Alice blue · ΔE 12.1Powder blue · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7Ghost white · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFE4CD
Analogous#CDFFFD, #CDCFFF
Triadic#FFCDE8, #E8FFCD
Split complementary#FFCDCF, #FFFDCD
Tetradic#FDCDFF, #FFE4CD, #CFFFCD

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%#9AD1FF
Darker −20%#67B9FF
Darker −30%#34A2FF
Darker −40%#018AFF
More saturated +25%#CDE8FF
Less saturated −25%#D3E8F9

Channel breakdown

R205
G232
B255
Red205 (80.4%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue207.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G E8 · B FF

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