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#CEDAEE

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #CEDAEE

#CEDAEE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.5); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EEE2CE — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #CEDAEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red206
Green218
Blue238

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.5
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.1
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #CEDAEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CEDAEE.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #CEDAEE.
14.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEDAEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4DBEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D8EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7DEE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEDAEE?

#CEDAEE is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #CEDAEE?

Use black text. Black on #CEDAEE has a contrast ratio of 14.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEDAEE?

Its complementary colour is #EEE2CE, and analogous partners are #CEEAEE and #D2CEEE.