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Recognised as Colour

#CED9DF

  • #CED9DF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CED9DF is a blue with RGB values 206, 217, 223 and HSL 201°, 21%, 84%. 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 grey.

Colour values

#CED9DF#CED9DF
HEX#CED9DF
RGBrgb(206, 217, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.851, 0.8745
RGB percentages80.8%, 85.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(201.2, 21%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.2, 7.6%, 87.5%)
CMYK7.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,556,191
CSS custom property--colour: #CED9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#312620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D8DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CADBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 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 text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.2Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2Silver · ΔE 9.7Lavender · ΔE 10.1Alice blue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 11.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.15, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFD4CE
Analogous#CEDFDD, #CED1DF
Triadic#DFCED9, #D9DFCE
Split complementary#DFCED1, #DFDDCE
Tetradic#DDCEDF, #DFD4CE, #D1DFCE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF1F3
Darker −10%#AFC1CB
Darker −20%#90A9B7
Darker −30%#7191A3
Darker −40%#597788
More saturated +25%#C4DCE9
Less saturated −25%#D7D7D7

Channel breakdown

R206
G217
B223
Red206 (80.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue201.18°
Saturation (HSL)20.99%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D9 · B DF

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