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Recognised as Colour

#CADAEB

  • #CADAEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CADAEB is a blue with RGB values 202, 218, 235 and HSL 211°, 45%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CADAEB#CADAEB
HEX#CADAEB
RGBrgb(202, 218, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8549, 0.9216
RGB percentages79.2%, 85.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(210.9, 45.2%, 85.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 14%, 92.2%)
CMYK14%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,315
CSS custom property--colour: #CADAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.74:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#352514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DAECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C2DEDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 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 text14.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 9.4Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Gainsboro · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDBCA
Analogous#CAEBEB, #CBCAEB
Triadic#EBCADA, #DAEBCA
Split complementary#EBCBCA, #EBEBCA
Tetradic#EBCAEB, #EBDBCA, #CAEBCB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFF4F9
Darker −10%#A5C0DD
Darker −20%#80A6CF
Darker −30%#5B8CC1
Darker −40%#4073A9
More saturated +25%#C1DAF4
Less saturated −25%#D3DAE2

Channel breakdown

R202
G218
B235
Red202 (79.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue210.91°
Saturation (HSL)45.21%
Lightness85.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DA · B EB

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