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Recognised as Colour

#CADCD7

  • #CADCD7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CADCD7 is a cyan with RGB values 202, 220, 215 and HSL 163°, 20%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CADCD7#CADCD7
HEX#CADCD7
RGBrgb(202, 220, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8627, 0.8431
RGB percentages79.2%, 86.3%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(163.3, 20.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 8.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK8.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,807
CSS custom property--colour: #CADCD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68649WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.73:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#352328

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADAD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D7D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#C6DDDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.1Light grey · ΔE 7.2Powder blue · ΔE 11Silver · ΔE 11.1White smoke · ΔE 12.4Light cyan · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCACF
Analogous#CADCCE, #CAD8DC
Triadic#D7CADC, #DCD7CA
Split complementary#DCCAD8, #DCCECA
Tetradic#CECADC, #DCCACF, #D8DCCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F0EE
Darker −10%#ABC8C0
Darker −20%#8DB3A9
Darker −30%#6E9F91
Darker −40%#578377
More saturated +25%#BFE7DC
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R202
G220
B215
Red202 (79.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue163.33°
Saturation (HSL)20.45%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CA · G DC · B D7

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