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Recognised as Colour

#CED6EF

  • #CED6EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CED6EF is a blue with RGB values 206, 214, 239 and HSL 225°, 51%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CED6EF#CED6EF
HEX#CED6EF
RGBrgb(206, 214, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8392, 0.9373
RGB percentages80.8%, 83.9%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(225.5, 50.8%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 13.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK13.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,555,439
CSS custom property--colour: #CED6EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67447WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.49:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#312910

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD8F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD5EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C7DBDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.2Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Thistle · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 13.3Light grey · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE7CE
Analogous#CEE6EF, #D7CEEF
Triadic#EFCED6, #D6EFCE
Split complementary#EFD7CE, #E7EFCE
Tetradic#EFCEE6, #EFE7CE, #CEEFD7

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%#A8B6E2
Darker −20%#8196D6
Darker −30%#5B75C9
Darker −40%#3B59B6
More saturated +25%#C6D2F7
Less saturated −25%#D6DAE7

Channel breakdown

R206
G214
B239
Red206 (80.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue225.45°
Saturation (HSL)50.77%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D6 · B EF

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