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Recognised as Colour

#CADCEC

  • #CADCEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CADCEC is a blue with RGB values 202, 220, 236 and HSL 208°, 47%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CADCEC#CADCEC
HEX#CADCEC
RGBrgb(202, 220, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8627, 0.9255
RGB percentages79.2%, 86.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(208.2, 47.2%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 14.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK14.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,294,828
CSS custom property--colour: #CADCEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69799WCAG 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 14.96:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#352313

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DCEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D8ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C2E0E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 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 text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 8.8Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Gainsboro · ΔE 10.3Light grey · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECDACA
Analogous#CAECEB, #CACBEC
Triadic#ECCADC, #DCECCA
Split complementary#ECCACB, #ECEBCA
Tetradic#EBCAEC, #ECDACA, #CBECCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0F5F9
Darker −10%#A4C3DF
Darker −20%#7FAAD1
Darker −30%#5992C4
Darker −40%#3E78AC
More saturated +25%#C1DDF5
Less saturated −25%#D3DBE3

Channel breakdown

R202
G220
B236
Red202 (79.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue208.24°
Saturation (HSL)47.22%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DC · B EC

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