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Information about #CDD8EE color

#CDD8EE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CDD8EE falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(205, 216, 238) — 80.4% red, 84.7% green, 93.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 9 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #CDD8EE reads as a confidently colored steel-blue azure and glows at the very top of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Hawkes Blue (#D2DAED). Nearby in the Register you will also find Monroe Blue (#D3DFE8) and Soft Light Blue (#C7E4EE).

The recipe behind #CDD8EE is rgb(205, 216, 238), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 14.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.4:1. No one has named #CDD8EE so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#CDD8EE color variations

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

#CDD8EE 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 #CDD8EE

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

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Dreamer color link
Dreamer

#D3E5EF

Soap color link
Soap

#CEC8EF

Pastel Sky color link
Pastel Sky

#BEDDF1

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Sonique color link
Sonique

#D5CEE2

Onahau color link
Onahau

#C2E6EC

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CDD8EE
  • RGB205, 216, 238
  • CMYK13, 9, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(205, 216, 238)
  • HSL220°, 49%, 87%
  • HSL Precise220°, 49.254%, 86.863%
  • HSV220°, 14%, 93%
  • HSB220°, 14%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.847
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.804, 0.847, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.804, 0.847, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.804, 0.847, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB84.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDCDD8EE
  • DECIMAL ID13490414
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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