Recognised as Colour

#CEDCF5

#CEDCF5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CEDCF5 is a blue with RGB values 206, 220, 245 and HSL 218°, 66%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CEDCF5#CEDCF5

HEX#CEDCF5

RGBrgb(206, 220, 245)

RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8627, 0.9608

RGB percentages80.8%, 86.3%, 96.1%

HSLhsl(218.5, 66.1%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.5, 15.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK15.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,556,981

CSS custom property--colour: #CEDCF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70901WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.18:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#31230A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4DDF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D9F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C5E1E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2 Light blue · ΔE 12 Alice blue · ΔE 13.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.8 Light grey · ΔE 14.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F5E7CE

Analogous#CEF0F5, #D3CEF5

Triadic#F5CEDC, #DCF5CE

Split complementary#F5D3CE, #F0F5CE

Tetradic#F5CEF0, #F5E7CE, #CEF5D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8FAFE

Darker −10%#A4BEEC

Darker −20%#799FE4

Darker −30%#4F81DB

Darker −40%#2A64CD

More saturated +25%#C7DAFC

Less saturated −25%#D5DEEE

Channel breakdown

R206

G220

B245

Red206 (80.8%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue245 (96.1%)

Hue218.46°

Saturation (HSL)66.1%

Lightness88.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CE · G DC · B F5

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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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