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#CEBADA

#CEBADA is a light, muted purple, close to the color Thistle. In RGB it’s made of 80.8% red, 72.9% green, and 85.5% blue. Its hue is 278°, with 30% saturation and 79% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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This color as text on white

1.80:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

11.66:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #CEBADA as they’d see it.

Typical vision#CEBADA
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #CEBADA

What color is #CEBADA?

#CEBADA is a light, muted purple, close to the color Thistle. In RGB it’s made of 80.8% red, 72.9% green, and 85.5% blue. Its hue is 278°, with 30% saturation and 79% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #CEBADA in RGB?

#CEBADA is rgb(206, 186, 218): 206 red, 186 green, and 218 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #CEBADA in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(6, 15, 0, 15). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #CEBADA?

PANTONE 2643 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #CEBADA?

Its complement #B3C7A7 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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