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Recognised as Colour

#CEDAF6

  • #CEDAF6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CEDAF6 is a blue with RGB values 206, 218, 246 and HSL 222°, 69%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CEDAF6#CEDAF6
HEX#CEDAF6
RGBrgb(206, 218, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8549, 0.9647
RGB percentages80.8%, 85.5%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(222, 69%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 16.3%, 96.5%)
CMYK16.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,556,470
CSS custom property--colour: #CEDAF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#312509

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DCF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED8F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#C5DFE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 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 text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 13.3Thistle · ΔE 14.7Gainsboro · ΔE 15.1Alice blue · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6EACE
Analogous#CEEEF6, #D6CEF6
Triadic#F6CEDA, #DAF6CE
Split complementary#F6D6CE, #EEF6CE
Tetradic#F6CEEE, #F6EACE, #CEF6D6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FBFE
Darker −10%#A3B9EE
Darker −20%#7899E6
Darker −30%#4D78DE
Darker −40%#265AD2
More saturated +25%#C7D7FD
Less saturated −25%#D5DDEF

Channel breakdown

R206
G218
B246
Red206 (80.8%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue222°
Saturation (HSL)68.97%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G DA · B F6

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