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Recognised as Colour

#CECBED

  • #CECBED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CECBED is a blue with RGB values 206, 203, 237 and HSL 245°, 49%, 86%. 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

#CECBED#CECBED
HEX#CECBED
RGBrgb(206, 203, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7961, 0.9294
RGB percentages80.8%, 79.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(245.3, 48.6%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.3, 14.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK13.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,552,621
CSS custom property--colour: #CECBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208 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#313412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C8D0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 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 9.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10Lavender · ΔE 11.8Light grey · ΔE 18.1Gainsboro · ΔE 18.7Silver · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAEDCB
Analogous#CBD9ED, #DFCBED
Triadic#EDCECB, #CBEDCE
Split complementary#EDDFCB, #D9EDCB
Tetradic#EDCBD9, #EAEDCB, #CBEDDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F1FA
Darker −10%#AAA5E0
Darker −20%#877FD3
Darker −30%#6359C6
Darker −40%#473DAF
More saturated +25%#C7C2F6
Less saturated −25%#D5D4E4

Channel breakdown

R206
G203
B237
Red206 (80.8%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue245.29°
Saturation (HSL)48.57%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G CB · B ED

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