Colour

#CED8F8

#CED8F8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CED8F8 is a blue with RGB values 206, 216, 248 and HSL 226°, 75%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

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HEX#CED8F8

RGBrgb(206, 216, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8471, 0.9725

RGB percentages80.8%, 84.7%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(225.7, 75%, 89%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.7, 16.9%, 97.3%)

CMYK16.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,555,960

CSS custom property--colour: #CED8F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#312707

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFDAFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD7F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C4DEE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3 Thistle · ΔE 14.2 Light blue · ΔE 15.1 Alice blue · ΔE 17 Gainsboro · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.88, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F8EECE

Analogous#CEEDF8, #D9CEF8

Triadic#F8CED8, #D8F8CE

Split complementary#F8D9CE, #EDF8CE

Tetradic#F8CEED, #F8EECE, #CEF8D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBFCFE

Darker −10%#A1B4F2

Darker −20%#7591EB

Darker −30%#486DE5

Darker −40%#1F4CDB

More saturated +25%#C7D4FF

Less saturated −25%#D5DCF1

Channel breakdown

R206

G216

B248

Red206 (80.8%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue225.71°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness89.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G D8 · B F8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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