Information about #CBD0E6 color

#CBD0E6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CBD0E6 falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(203, 208, 230) — 79.6% red, 81.6% green, 90.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 9 / 0 / 10. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #CBD0E6 reads as a softly balanced blue and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Periwinkle (#C5CBE1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Confederate Grey (#CBCBDE) and Sweetwaters (#C3D1DF).

In RGB terms — rgb(203, 208, 230) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CBD0E6: 13.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CBD0E6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CBD0E6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CBD0E6 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CBD0E6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Sweetwaters color link
Sweetwaters

#C3D1DF

Sonique color link
Sonique

#D5CEE2

Soap color link
Soap

#CEC8EF

Fog color link
Fog

#D5C7E8

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Link Water color link
Link Water

#C7CDD8

Cut Glass color link
Cut Glass

#C9DBDC

Beau Blue color link
Beau Blue

#BCD4E6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CBD0E6
  • RGB203, 208, 230
  • CMYK11, 9, 0, 10
  • CSSrgb(203, 208, 230)
  • HSL229°, 35%, 85%
  • HSL Precise228.889°, 35.065%, 84.902%
  • HSV229°, 12%, 90%
  • HSB229°, 12%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.796
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • GLSLvec3(0.796, 0.816, 0.902)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.796, 0.816, 0.902, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.796, 0.816, 0.902)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB81.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB90.2%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDCBD0E6
  • DECIMAL ID13357286
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers28 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01