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Colour

#CFD8EC

  • #CFD8EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CFD8EC is a blue with RGB values 207, 216, 236 and HSL 221°, 43%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CFD8EC#CFD8EC
HEX#CFD8EC
RGBrgb(207, 216, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.8471, 0.9255
RGB percentages81.2%, 84.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(221.4, 43.3%, 86.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.4, 12.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK12.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,621,484
CSS custom property--colour: #CFD8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68433WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#302713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D7ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C8DCDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11Light grey · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 12Alice blue · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECE3CF
Analogous#CFE7EC, #D4CFEC
Triadic#ECCFD8, #D8ECCF
Split complementary#ECD4CF, #E7ECCF
Tetradic#ECCFE7, #ECE3CF, #CFECD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F6FA
Darker −10%#AABADE
Darker −20%#869DCF
Darker −30%#617FC1
Darker −40%#4464AB
More saturated +25%#C7D5F4
Less saturated −25%#D7DBE4

Channel breakdown

R207
G216
B236
Red207 (81.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue221.38°
Saturation (HSL)43.28%
Lightness86.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CF · G D8 · B EC

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