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Information about #CEC8EA color

#CEC8EA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CEC8EA falls into the Blue Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(206, 200, 234) — 80.8% red, 78.4% green, 91.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 13 / 0 / 8. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #CEC8EA reads as a pleasantly vivid blue and radiates an almost-white brightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Soap (#CEC8EF). Slightly further away sit Fog (#D5C7E8) and Sonique (#D5CEE2).

In RGB terms — rgb(206, 200, 234) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CEC8EA: 13.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. No one has named #CEC8EA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#CEC8EA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CEC8EA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CEC8EA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Soap color link
Soap

#CEC8EF

Fog color link
Fog

#D5C7E8

Sonique color link
Sonique

#D5CEE2

Zappo color link
Zappo

#C4C0E2

Vodka color link
Vodka

#BFC0EE

Fairytale color link
Fairytale

#C6C4DB

Sweetwaters color link
Sweetwaters

#C3D1DF

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CEC8EA
  • RGB206, 200, 234
  • CMYK11, 13, 0, 8
  • CSSrgb(206, 200, 234)
  • HSL251°, 45%, 85%
  • HSL Precise250.588°, 44.737%, 85.098%
  • HSV251°, 15%, 92%
  • HSB251°, 15%, 92%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.784
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.918
  • GLSLvec3(0.808, 0.784, 0.918)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.808, 0.784, 0.918, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.808, 0.784, 0.918)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB91.8%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDCEC8EA
  • DECIMAL ID13551850
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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