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Recognised as Colour

#CADAF5

  • #CADAF5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CADAF5 is a blue with RGB values 202, 218, 245 and HSL 218°, 68%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CADAF5#CADAF5
HEX#CADAF5
RGBrgb(202, 218, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8549, 0.9608
RGB percentages79.2%, 85.5%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(217.7, 68.3%, 87.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.7, 17.6%, 96.1%)
CMYK17.6%, 11%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,325
CSS custom property--colour: #CADAF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69292WCAG 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 14.86:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#35250A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DBF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD7F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C0DFE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.3Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Light blue · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 15Alice blue · ΔE 15.1Light grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5E5CA
Analogous#CAEFF5, #D0CAF5
Triadic#F5CADA, #DAF5CA
Split complementary#F5D0CA, #F0F5CA
Tetradic#F5CAEF, #F5E5CA, #CAF5D0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F8FD
Darker −10%#9FBCED
Darker −20%#749EE5
Darker −30%#4980DD
Darker −40%#2764CC
More saturated +25%#C2D8FD
Less saturated −25%#D2DCED

Channel breakdown

R202
G218
B245
Red202 (79.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue217.67°
Saturation (HSL)68.25%
Lightness87.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DA · B F5

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