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Colour

#CACADF

  • #CACADF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CACADF is a blue with RGB values 202, 202, 223 and HSL 240°, 25%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CACADF#CACADF
HEX#CACADF
RGBrgb(202, 202, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.7922, 0.8745
RGB percentages79.2%, 79.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(240, 24.7%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 9.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK9.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,290,207
CSS custom property--colour: #CACADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#353520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CCE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CBDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C6CDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 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 text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8Thistle · ΔE 9.5Lavender · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 11.4Silver · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFDFCA
Analogous#CAD4DF, #D4CADF
Triadic#DFCACA, #CADFCA
Split complementary#DFD4CA, #D4DFCA
Tetradic#DFCAD4, #DFDFCA, #CADFD4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EAEAF2
Darker −10%#AAAACC
Darker −20%#8A8AB9
Darker −30%#6B6BA5
Darker −40%#53538A
More saturated +25%#BFBFEA
Less saturated −25%#D4D4D4

Channel breakdown

R202
G202
B223
Red202 (79.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)24.71%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G CA · B DF

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