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Recognised as Colour

#CED9F0

  • #CED9F0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CED9F0 is a blue with RGB values 206, 217, 240 and HSL 221°, 53%, 87%. 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

#CED9F0#CED9F0
HEX#CED9F0
RGBrgb(206, 217, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.851, 0.9412
RGB percentages80.8%, 85.1%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(220.6, 53.1%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 14.2%, 94.1%)
CMYK14.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,556,208
CSS custom property--colour: #CED9F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.81:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#31260F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DAF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DDE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 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 text14.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.7Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 12.1Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6Light grey · ΔE 12.7Alice blue · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.67, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0E5CE
Analogous#CEEAF0, #D4CEF0
Triadic#F0CED9, #D9F0CE
Split complementary#F0D4CE, #EAF0CE
Tetradic#F0CEEA, #F0E5CE, #CEF0D4

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%#A7BBE4
Darker −20%#809CD8
Darker −30%#597ECC
Darker −40%#3962B9
More saturated +25%#C6D6F8
Less saturated −25%#D6DCE8

Channel breakdown

R206
G217
B240
Red206 (80.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue220.59°
Saturation (HSL)53.12%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D9 · B F0

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