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Recognised as Colour

#CED6F0

  • #CED6F0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CED6F0 is a blue with RGB values 206, 214, 240 and HSL 226°, 53%, 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

#CED6F0#CED6F0
HEX#CED6F0
RGBrgb(206, 214, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8392, 0.9412
RGB percentages80.8%, 83.9%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(225.9, 53.1%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225.9, 14.2%, 94.1%)
CMYK14.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,555,440
CSS custom property--colour: #CED6F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.5:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#31290F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD8F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD5EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DBDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 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 text14.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Thistle · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 13.6Light grey · ΔE 13.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0E8CE
Analogous#CEE7F0, #D7CEF0
Triadic#F0CED6, #D6F0CE
Split complementary#F0D7CE, #E7F0CE
Tetradic#F0CEE7, #F0E8CE, #CEF0D7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F7FC
Darker −10%#A7B5E4
Darker −20%#8095D8
Darker −30%#5974CC
Darker −40%#3957B9
More saturated +25%#C6D2F8
Less saturated −25%#D6DAE8

Channel breakdown

R206
G214
B240
Red206 (80.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue225.88°
Saturation (HSL)53.12%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D6 · B F0

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