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#CED1E2

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CED1E2

#CED1E2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 82% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.9); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E2DFCE — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CED1E2 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.84:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green209
Blue226

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #CED1E2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CED1E2.
1.52:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CED1E2.
13.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CED1E2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CED1E2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDD2E3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CCD1E2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CAD4D6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CED1E2?

#CED1E2 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 82% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CED1E2?

Use black text. Black on #CED1E2 has a contrast ratio of 13.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CED1E2?

Its complementary colour is #E2DFCE, and analogous partners are #CEDBE2 and #D5CEE2.