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Recognised as Colour

#CAC9DA

  • #CAC9DA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CAC9DA is a blue with RGB values 202, 201, 218 and HSL 244°, 19%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CAC9DA#CAC9DA
HEX#CAC9DA
RGBrgb(202, 201, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7882, 0.8549
RGB percentages79.2%, 78.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(243.5, 18.7%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 7.8%, 85.5%)
CMYK7.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,289,946
CSS custom property--colour: #CAC9DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59392WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.88:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#353625

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C7CCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9Light grey · ΔE 9.5Silver · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 9.8Lavender · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9DAC9
Analogous#C9D1DA, #D3C9DA
Triadic#DACAC9, #C9DACA
Split complementary#DAD3C9, #D1DAC9
Tetradic#DAC9D1, #D9DAC9, #C9DAD3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E8E7EF
Darker −10%#ACABC5
Darker −20%#8F8CB1
Darker −30%#716E9C
Darker −40%#5A5780
More saturated +25%#C0BEE5
Less saturated −25%#D2D2D2

Channel breakdown

R202
G201
B218
Red202 (79.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue243.53°
Saturation (HSL)18.68%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G C9 · B DA

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