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Recognised as Colour

#CADAF2

  • #CADAF2
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CADAF2 is a blue with RGB values 202, 218, 242 and HSL 216°, 61%, 87%. 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

#CADAF2#CADAF2
HEX#CADAF2
RGBrgb(202, 218, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8549, 0.949
RGB percentages79.2%, 85.5%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(216, 60.6%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 16.5%, 94.9%)
CMYK16.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,322
CSS custom property--colour: #CADAF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.82:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#35250D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DBF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED7F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0DFE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 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 text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.8Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Light blue · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6Light grey · ΔE 13.7Alice blue · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2E2CA
Analogous#CAEEF2, #CECAF2
Triadic#F2CADA, #DAF2CA
Split complementary#F2CECA, #EEF2CA
Tetradic#F2CAEE, #F2E2CA, #CAF2CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F7FC
Darker −10%#A1BDE8
Darker −20%#78A1DE
Darker −30%#4F84D4
Darker −40%#2F69C1
More saturated +25%#C2D8FA
Less saturated −25%#D2DCEA

Channel breakdown

R202
G218
B242
Red202 (79.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)60.61%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DA · B F2

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