Recognised as Colour

#CAC7FA

#CAC7FA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#CAC7FA is a blue with RGB values 202, 199, 250 and HSL 244°, 84%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CAC7FA#CAC7FA

HEX#CAC7FA

RGBrgb(202, 199, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7804, 0.9804

RGB percentages79.2%, 78%, 98%

HSLhsl(243.5, 83.6%, 88%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 20.4%, 98%)

CMYK19.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,289,466

CSS custom property--colour: #CAC7FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60306WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.06:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#353805

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBCDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#BACBF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C0CFD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 15.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1 Lavender · ΔE 19.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.6 Plum · ΔE 23.1 Light blue · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F7FAC7

Analogous#C7DEFA, #E3C7FA

Triadic#FACAC7, #C7FACA

Split complementary#FAE3C7, #DEFAC7

Tetradic#FAC7DE, #F7FAC7, #C7FAE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6F6FE

Darker −10%#9E98F6

Darker −20%#7169F2

Darker −30%#453BED

Darker −40%#2014E1

More saturated +25%#C6C2FF

Less saturated −25%#D1CFF2

Channel breakdown

R202

G199

B250

Red202 (79.2%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue243.53°

Saturation (HSL)83.61%

Lightness88.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G C7 · B FA

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Colour values

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