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Recognised as Colour

#CADCDD

  • #CADCDD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CADCDD is a cyan with RGB values 202, 220, 221 and HSL 183°, 22%, 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

#CADCDD#CADCDD
HEX#CADCDD
RGBrgb(202, 220, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8627, 0.8667
RGB percentages79.2%, 86.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(183.2, 21.8%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.2, 8.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK8.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,813
CSS custom property--colour: #CADCDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.79:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#352322

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C5DDDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 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 text14.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 6.5Light grey · ΔE 6.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDCBCA
Analogous#CADDD4, #CAD3DD
Triadic#DDCADC, #DCDDCA
Split complementary#DDCAD3, #DDD4CA
Tetradic#D4CADD, #DDCBCA, #D3DDCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F1F1
Darker −10%#ABC7C9
Darker −20%#8CB3B5
Darker −30%#6D9EA1
Darker −40%#568385
More saturated +25%#BFE6E8
Less saturated −25%#D3D3D3

Channel breakdown

R202
G220
B221
Red202 (79.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue183.16°
Saturation (HSL)21.84%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DC · B DD

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