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Recognised as Colour

#CAD4DC

  • #CAD4DC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CAD4DC is a blue with RGB values 202, 212, 220 and HSL 207°, 20%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CAD4DC#CAD4DC
HEX#CAD4DC
RGBrgb(202, 212, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8314, 0.8627
RGB percentages79.2%, 83.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(206.7, 20.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 8.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK8.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,292,764
CSS custom property--colour: #CAD4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#352B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C6D6D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.4Gainsboro · ΔE 6.4Silver · ΔE 8.6Lavender · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCD2CA
Analogous#CADCDB, #CACBDC
Triadic#DCCAD4, #D4DCCA
Split complementary#DCCACB, #DCDBCA
Tetradic#DBCADC, #DCD2CA, #CBDCCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9EDF0
Darker −10%#ABBBC8
Darker −20%#8DA2B3
Darker −30%#6E899F
Darker −40%#576F83
More saturated +25%#BFD5E7
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R202
G212
B220
Red202 (79.2%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)20.45%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G D4 · B DC

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