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Recognised as Colour

#CAC8DC

  • #CAC8DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CAC8DC is a blue with RGB values 202, 200, 220 and HSL 246°, 22%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CAC8DC#CAC8DC
HEX#CAC8DC
RGBrgb(202, 200, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7843, 0.8627
RGB percentages79.2%, 78.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(246, 22.2%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 9.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK8.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,289,692
CSS custom property--colour: #CAC8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.81:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#353723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C7CBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Thistle · ΔE 8.8Lavender · ΔE 10.5Light grey · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DADCC8
Analogous#C8D0DC, #D4C8DC
Triadic#DCCAC8, #C8DCCA
Split complementary#DCD4C8, #D0DCC8
Tetradic#DCC8D0, #DADCC8, #C8DCD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E7F0
Darker −10%#ACA9C8
Darker −20%#8E8AB4
Darker −30%#706AA1
Darker −40%#595484
More saturated +25%#C1BDE7
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R202
G200
B220
Red202 (79.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G C8 · B DC

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