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Recognised as Colour

#CADBFA

  • #CADBFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CADBFA is a blue with RGB values 202, 219, 250 and HSL 219°, 83%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CADBFA#CADBFA
HEX#CADBFA
RGBrgb(202, 219, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8588, 0.9804
RGB percentages79.2%, 85.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(218.8, 82.8%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.8, 19.2%, 98%)
CMYK19.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,586
CSS custom property--colour: #CADBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#352405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BEE1E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9Lavender · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 13.2Thistle · ΔE 16.3Alice blue · ΔE 16.4Gainsboro · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE9CA
Analogous#CAF3FA, #D1CAFA
Triadic#FACADB, #DBFACA
Split complementary#FAD1CA, #F3FACA
Tetradic#FACAF3, #FAE9CA, #CAFAD1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FBFE
Darker −10%#9BBBF6
Darker −20%#6D9CF1
Darker −30%#3E7CED
Darker −40%#155EE3
More saturated +25%#C5DAFF
Less saturated −25%#D1DDF3

Channel breakdown

R202
G219
B250
Red202 (79.2%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue218.75°
Saturation (HSL)82.76%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DB · B FA

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