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Recognised as Colour

#CADAEF

  • #CADAEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CADAEF is a blue with RGB values 202, 218, 239 and HSL 214°, 54%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CADAEF#CADAEF
HEX#CADAEF
RGBrgb(202, 218, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8549, 0.9373
RGB percentages79.2%, 85.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(214.1, 53.6%, 86.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.1, 15.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK15.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,319
CSS custom property--colour: #CADAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#352510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DAF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C1DEE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 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 text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.6Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Light blue · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 12.3Alice blue · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDFCA
Analogous#CAEDEF, #CDCAEF
Triadic#EFCADA, #DAEFCA
Split complementary#EFCDCA, #EDEFCA
Tetradic#EFCAED, #EFDFCA, #CAEFCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F5FB
Darker −10%#A3BFE3
Darker −20%#7CA3D7
Darker −30%#5488CC
Darker −40%#376EB6
More saturated +25%#C1D9F8
Less saturated −25%#D3DBE6

Channel breakdown

R202
G218
B239
Red202 (79.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue214.05°
Saturation (HSL)53.62%
Lightness86.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DA · B EF

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