Colour

#CFD9F8

#CFD9F8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CFD9F8 is a blue with RGB values 207, 217, 248 and HSL 225°, 75%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CFD9F8#CFD9F8

HEX#CFD9F8

RGBrgb(207, 217, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.851, 0.9725

RGB percentages81.2%, 85.1%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(225.4, 74.5%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.4, 16.5%, 97.3%)

CMYK16.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,621,752

CSS custom property--colour: #CFD9F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.93:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#302607

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0DBFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD8F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C6DFE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4 Thistle · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 14.8 Alice blue · ΔE 16.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8EECF

Analogous#CFEDF8, #DACFF8

Triadic#F8CFD9, #D9F8CF

Split complementary#F8DACF, #EDF8CF

Tetradic#F8CFEE, #F8EECF, #CFF8DA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFCFE

Darker −10%#A2B6F2

Darker −20%#7693EB

Darker −30%#496FE5

Darker −40%#204EDB

More saturated +25%#C8D5FF

Less saturated −25%#D6DDF1

Channel breakdown

R207

G217

B248

Red207 (81.2%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue225.37°

Saturation (HSL)74.55%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CF · G D9 · B F8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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