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Recognised as Colour

#CAD8FE

  • #CAD8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CAD8FE is a blue with RGB values 202, 216, 254 and HSL 224°, 96%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CAD8FE#CAD8FE
HEX#CAD8FE
RGBrgb(202, 216, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8471, 0.9961
RGB percentages79.2%, 84.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(223.8, 96.3%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.8, 20.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK20.5%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,293,822
CSS custom property--colour: #CAD8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.76:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#352701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BDDFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Lavender · ΔE 11.8Thistle · ΔE 16.1Light blue · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF0CA
Analogous#CAF2FE, #D6CAFE
Triadic#FECAD8, #D8FECA
Split complementary#FED6CA, #F2FECA
Tetradic#FECAF2, #FEF0CA, #CAFED6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFF
Darker −10%#98B3FD
Darker −20%#668EFC
Darker −30%#346AFB
Darker −40%#0546F7
More saturated +25%#C9D8FF
Less saturated −25%#D1DBF7

Channel breakdown

R202
G216
B254
Red202 (79.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue223.85°
Saturation (HSL)96.3%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G D8 · B FE

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