Recognised as Colour

#CFDBE3

#CFDBE3
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#CFDBE3 is a blue with RGB values 207, 219, 227 and HSL 204°, 26%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CFDBE3#CFDBE3

HEX#CFDBE3

RGBrgb(207, 219, 227)

RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.8588, 0.8902

RGB percentages81.2%, 85.9%, 89%

HSLhsl(204, 26.3%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204, 8.8%, 89%)

CMYK8.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,622,243

CSS custom property--colour: #CFDBE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.89:1

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

Contrast with black14.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#30241C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8DAE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5D8E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CADDDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 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 text14.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.9 Light grey · ΔE 6.3 Lavender · ΔE 9.1 Alice blue · ΔE 10.6 Silver · ΔE 10.8 Light blue · ΔE 10.8

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E3D7CF

Analogous#CFE3E1, #CFD1E3

Triadic#E3CFDB, #DBE3CF

Split complementary#E3CFD1, #E3E1CF

Tetradic#E1CFE3, #E3D7CF, #D1E3CF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EFF3F6

Darker −10%#AFC3D0

Darker −20%#8FABBD

Darker −30%#6E93AB

Darker −40%#557991

More saturated +25%#C6DDED

Less saturated −25%#D9D9DA

Channel breakdown

R207

G219

B227

Red207 (81.2%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue204°

Saturation (HSL)26.32%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CF · G DB · B E3

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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