Recognised as Colour

#CCE0EF

#CCE0EF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CCE0EF is a blue with RGB values 204, 224, 239 and HSL 206°, 52%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CCE0EF#CCE0EF

HEX#CCE0EF

RGBrgb(204, 224, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.8784, 0.9373

RGB percentages80%, 87.8%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(205.7, 52.2%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(205.7, 14.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK14.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,426,927

CSS custom property--colour: #CCE0EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.48:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#331F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5DBEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C3E4E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.2 Light blue · ΔE 8.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.2 Alice blue · ΔE 10.7 Powder blue · ΔE 10.8 Light grey · ΔE 10.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFDBCC

Analogous#CCEFED, #CCCEEF

Triadic#EFCCE0, #E0EFCC

Split complementary#EFCCCE, #EFEDCC

Tetradic#EDCCEF, #EFDBCC, #CFEFCC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3F8FB

Darker −10%#A5C8E3

Darker −20%#7EB1D7

Darker −30%#5899CA

Darker −40%#3980B6

More saturated +25%#C4E1F7

Less saturated −25%#D4DFE7

Channel breakdown

R204

G224

B239

Red204 (80%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue205.71°

Saturation (HSL)52.24%

Lightness86.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CC · G E0 · B EF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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