Recognised as Colour

#CECAE0

#CECAE0
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CECAE0 is a blue with RGB values 206, 202, 224 and HSL 251°, 26%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CECAE0#CECAE0

HEX#CECAE0

RGBrgb(206, 202, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7922, 0.8784

RGB percentages80.8%, 79.2%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(250.9, 26.2%, 83.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(250.9, 9.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK8%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,552,352

CSS custom property--colour: #CECAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#31351F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6CDE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6CCDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CBCDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2 Lavender · ΔE 9.8 Light grey · ΔE 12 Silver · ΔE 12.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 13

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCE0CA

Analogous#CAD1E0, #D9CAE0

Triadic#E0CECA, #CAE0CE

Split complementary#E0D9CA, #D1E0CA

Tetradic#E0CAD1, #DCE0CA, #CAE0D9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#ECEAF3

Darker −10%#B0AACD

Darker −20%#938ABA

Darker −30%#7569A8

Darker −40%#5D528C

More saturated +25%#C7BFEB

Less saturated −25%#D5D4D5

Channel breakdown

R206

G202

B224

Red206 (80.8%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue250.91°

Saturation (HSL)26.19%

Lightness83.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G CA · B E0

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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