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Recognised as Colour

#CED4EF

  • #CED4EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CED4EF is a blue with RGB values 206, 212, 239 and HSL 229°, 51%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CED4EF#CED4EF
HEX#CED4EF
RGBrgb(206, 212, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8314, 0.9373
RGB percentages80.8%, 83.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(229.1, 50.8%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.1, 13.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,554,927
CSS custom property--colour: #CED4EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.29:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#312B10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD4EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C7D9DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.9Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Thistle · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 14.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE9CE
Analogous#CEE5EF, #D8CEEF
Triadic#EFCED4, #D4EFCE
Split complementary#EFD9CE, #E5EFCE
Tetradic#EFCEE5, #EFE9CE, #CEEFD9

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%#A8B2E2
Darker −20%#8191D6
Darker −30%#5B6FC9
Darker −40%#3B52B6
More saturated +25%#C6CFF7
Less saturated −25%#D6D9E7

Channel breakdown

R206
G212
B239
Red206 (80.8%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue229.09°
Saturation (HSL)50.77%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D4 · B EF

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