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Colour

#CED9FF

  • #CED9FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CED9FF is a blue with RGB values 206, 217, 255 and HSL 227°, 100%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CED9FF#CED9FF
HEX#CED9FF
RGBrgb(206, 217, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.851, 1
RGB percentages80.8%, 85.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(226.5, 100%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 19.2%, 100%)
CMYK19.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,556,223
CSS custom property--colour: #CED9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#312600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CEDCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C3E0E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11Lavender · ΔE 11.2Thistle · ΔE 15.6Light blue · ΔE 17.3Light skyblue · ΔE 18.7Alice blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF4CE
Analogous#CEF2FF, #DBCEFF
Triadic#FFCED9, #D9FFCE
Split complementary#FFDBCE, #F2FFCE
Tetradic#FFCEF2, #FFF4CE, #CEFFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#9BB1FF
Darker −20%#688AFF
Darker −30%#3562FF
Darker −40%#023BFF
More saturated +25%#CED9FF
Less saturated −25%#D4DCF9

Channel breakdown

R206
G217
B255
Red206 (80.8%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue226.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D9 · B FF

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