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Recognised as Colour

#CED6F9

  • #CED6F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CED6F9 is a blue with RGB values 206, 214, 249 and HSL 229°, 78%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CED6F9#CED6F9
HEX#CED6F9
RGBrgb(206, 214, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8392, 0.9765
RGB percentages80.8%, 83.9%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(228.8, 78.2%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.8, 17.3%, 97.6%)
CMYK17.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,555,449
CSS custom property--colour: #CED6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68054WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#312906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD6F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C4DCE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Lavender · ΔE 10.2Thistle · ΔE 13.9Light blue · ΔE 16.7Light grey · ΔE 18.6Alice blue · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9F1CE
Analogous#CEEBF9, #DCCEF9
Triadic#F9CED6, #D6F9CE
Split complementary#F9DCCE, #EBF9CE
Tetradic#F9CEEB, #F9F1CE, #CEF9DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFCFF
Darker −10%#A1B0F3
Darker −20%#738AEE
Darker −30%#4664E8
Darker −40%#1B40E0
More saturated +25%#C8D2FF
Less saturated −25%#D5DAF2

Channel breakdown

R206
G214
B249
Red206 (80.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue228.84°
Saturation (HSL)78.18%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D6 · B F9

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