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Recognised as Colour

#CFCDEC

  • #CFCDEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CFCDEC is a blue with RGB values 207, 205, 236 and HSL 244°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CFCDEC#CFCDEC
HEX#CFCDEC
RGBrgb(207, 205, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.8039, 0.9255
RGB percentages81.2%, 80.4%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(243.9, 44.9%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.9, 13.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK12.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,618,668
CSS custom property--colour: #CFCDEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#303213

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C9D2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Lavender · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 16.4Gainsboro · ΔE 17Silver · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAECCD
Analogous#CDDBEC, #DFCDEC
Triadic#ECCFCD, #CDECCF
Split complementary#ECDFCD, #DBECCD
Tetradic#ECCDDB, #EAECCD, #CDECDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F2FA
Darker −10%#ACA8DE
Darker −20%#8883D0
Darker −30%#655EC2
Darker −40%#4841AC
More saturated +25%#C7C4F5
Less saturated −25%#D7D6E3

Channel breakdown

R207
G205
B236
Red207 (81.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue243.87°
Saturation (HSL)44.93%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CF · G CD · B EC

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