Recognised as Colour

#CECBFE

#CECBFE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CECBFE is a blue with RGB values 206, 203, 254 and HSL 244°, 96%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CECBFE#CECBFE

HEX#CECBFE

RGBrgb(206, 203, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.7961, 0.9961

RGB percentages80.8%, 79.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(243.5, 96.2%, 89.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 20.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK18.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,552,638

CSS custom property--colour: #CECBFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.6:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#313401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFD1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BECFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C4D3DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4 Lavender · ΔE 18.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.7 Plum · ΔE 23.7 Light blue · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBFECB

Analogous#CBE2FE, #E7CBFE

Triadic#FECECB, #CBFECE

Split complementary#FEE8CB, #E1FECB

Tetradic#FECBE2, #FBFECB, #CBFEE7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFDFF

Darker −10%#9F99FD

Darker −20%#7067FC

Darker −30%#4135FB

Darker −40%#1305F8

More saturated +25%#CDCAFF

Less saturated −25%#D4D2F7

Channel breakdown

R206

G203

B254

Red206 (80.8%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue243.53°

Saturation (HSL)96.23%

Lightness89.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G CB · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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