Colour

#CECAF5

#CECAF5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CECAF5 is a blue with RGB values 206, 202, 245 and HSL 246°, 68%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CECAF5#CECAF5

HEX#CECAF5

RGBrgb(206, 202, 245)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7922, 0.9608

RGB percentages80.8%, 79.2%, 96.1%

HSLhsl(245.6, 68.3%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(245.6, 17.6%, 96.1%)

CMYK15.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,552,373

CSS custom property--colour: #CECAF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.39:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#31350A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0CFF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CDF4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C6D1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1 Lavender · ΔE 15.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.3 Light blue · ΔE 22.7 Light grey · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F1F5CA

Analogous#CADCF5, #E3CAF5

Triadic#F5CECA, #CAF5CE

Split complementary#F5E3CA, #DCF5CA

Tetradic#F5CADC, #F1F5CA, #CAF5E3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6F5FD

Darker −10%#A69FED

Darker −20%#7F74E5

Darker −30%#5749DD

Darker −40%#3627CC

More saturated +25%#C8C2FD

Less saturated −25%#D4D2ED

Channel breakdown

R206

G202

B245

Red206 (80.8%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue245 (96.1%)

Hue245.58°

Saturation (HSL)68.25%

Lightness87.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G CA · B F5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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