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Recognised as Colour

#CFDDE5

  • #CFDDE5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CFDDE5 is a blue with RGB values 207, 221, 229 and HSL 202°, 30%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CFDDE5#CFDDE5
HEX#CFDDE5
RGBrgb(207, 221, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8118, 0.8667, 0.898
RGB percentages81.2%, 86.7%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(201.8, 29.7%, 85.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 9.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK9.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,622,757
CSS custom property--colour: #CFDDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70635WCAG 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 15.13:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#30221A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DCE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DAE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CADFDFno 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 text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.4Light grey · ΔE 6.9Lavender · ΔE 9.2Alice blue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 10.4White smoke · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5D7CF
Analogous#CFE5E2, #CFD2E5
Triadic#E5CFDD, #DDE5CF
Split complementary#E5CFD2, #E5E2CF
Tetradic#E2CFE5, #E5D7CF, #D2E5CF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F4F7
Darker −10%#AEC6D3
Darker −20%#8DAEC1
Darker −30%#6C97AF
Darker −40%#527D96
More saturated +25%#C6E0EE
Less saturated −25%#D8DADC

Channel breakdown

R207
G221
B229
Red207 (81.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue201.82°
Saturation (HSL)29.73%
Lightness85.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CF · G DD · B E5

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