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Recognised as Colour

#CADCDB

  • #CADCDB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CADCDB is a cyan with RGB values 202, 220, 219 and HSL 177°, 20%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CADCDB#CADCDB
HEX#CADCDB
RGBrgb(202, 220, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8627, 0.8588
RGB percentages79.2%, 86.3%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(176.7, 20.5%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 8.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK8.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,811
CSS custom property--colour: #CADCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#352324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DADADBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6D7DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C5DDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 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 text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5Light grey · ΔE 6.7Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Silver · ΔE 10.8Light blue · ΔE 11.3White smoke · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCACB
Analogous#CADCD2, #CAD4DC
Triadic#DBCADC, #DCDBCA
Split complementary#DCCAD4, #DCD2CA
Tetradic#D2CADC, #DCCACB, #D4DCCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F0F0
Darker −10%#ABC8C6
Darker −20%#8DB3B1
Darker −30%#6E9F9C
Darker −40%#578381
More saturated +25%#BFE7E5
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R202
G220
B219
Red202 (79.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue176.67°
Saturation (HSL)20.45%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CA · G DC · B DB

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