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Recognised as Colour

#CED8EE

  • #CED8EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CED8EE is a blue with RGB values 206, 216, 238 and HSL 221°, 48%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CED8EE#CED8EE
HEX#CED8EE
RGBrgb(206, 216, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8471, 0.9333
RGB percentages80.8%, 84.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(221.3, 48.5%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 13.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK13.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,555,950
CSS custom property--colour: #CED8EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#312711

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C7DCDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.7Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Gainsboro · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 12.1Light blue · ΔE 12.1Alice blue · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEE4CE
Analogous#CEE8EE, #D4CEEE
Triadic#EECED8, #D8EECE
Split complementary#EED4CE, #E8EECE
Tetradic#EECEE8, #EEE4CE, #CEEED4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F6FB
Darker −10%#A8BAE1
Darker −20%#829CD4
Darker −30%#5C7EC7
Darker −40%#3E62B2
More saturated +25%#C6D5F6
Less saturated −25%#D6DBE6

Channel breakdown

R206
G216
B238
Red206 (80.8%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue221.25°
Saturation (HSL)48.48%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D8 · B EE

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