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Recognised as Colour

#CED3EF

  • #CED3EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CED3EF is a blue with RGB values 206, 211, 239 and HSL 231°, 51%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CED3EF#CED3EF
HEX#CED3EF
RGBrgb(206, 211, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8275, 0.9373
RGB percentages80.8%, 82.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(230.9, 50.8%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.9, 13.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,554,671
CSS custom property--colour: #CED3EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.19:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#312C10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C7D8DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.3Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Thistle · ΔE 11.8Light grey · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 15Gainsboro · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFEACE
Analogous#CEE3EF, #DACEEF
Triadic#EFCED3, #D3EFCE
Split complementary#EFDACE, #E3EFCE
Tetradic#EFCEE3, #EFEACE, #CEEFDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F6FC
Darker −10%#A8B0E2
Darker −20%#818ED6
Darker −30%#5B6BC9
Darker −40%#3B4EB6
More saturated +25%#C6CDF7
Less saturated −25%#D6D9E7

Channel breakdown

R206
G211
B239
Red206 (80.8%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue230.91°
Saturation (HSL)50.77%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D3 · B EF

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