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Recognised as Colour

#CEE6EE

  • #CEE6EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#CEE6EE is a cyan with RGB values 206, 230, 238 and HSL 195°, 48%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#CEE6EE#CEE6EE
HEX#CEE6EE
RGBrgb(206, 230, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.902, 0.9333
RGB percentages80.8%, 90.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(195, 48.5%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 13.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK13.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,559,534
CSS custom property--colour: #CEE6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#311911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C5E9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 9Alice blue · ΔE 9.2Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3Light cyan · ΔE 9.4Azure · ΔE 10.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED6CE
Analogous#CEEEE6, #CED6EE
Triadic#EECEE6, #E6EECE
Split complementary#EECED6, #EEE6CE
Tetradic#E6CEEE, #EED6CE, #D6EECE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F9FB
Darker −10%#A8D3E1
Darker −20%#82BFD4
Darker −30%#5CACC7
Darker −40%#3E95B2
More saturated +25%#C6EAF6
Less saturated −25%#D6E2E6

Channel breakdown

R206
G230
B238
Red206 (80.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)48.48%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G E6 · B EE

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