Colour

#CADDF0

#CADDF0
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#CADDF0 is a blue with RGB values 202, 221, 240 and HSL 210°, 56%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CADDF0#CADDF0

HEX#CADDF0

RGBrgb(202, 221, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8667, 0.9412

RGB percentages79.2%, 86.7%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(210, 55.9%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210, 15.8%, 94.1%)

CMYK15.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,295,088

CSS custom property--colour: #CADDF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#35220F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6DDF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D1D9F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C1E1E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.9 Light blue · ΔE 9.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.7 Light grey · ΔE 12 Powder blue · ΔE 12.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F0DDCA

Analogous#CAF0F0, #CACAF0

Triadic#F0CADD, #DDF0CA

Split complementary#F0CACA, #F0F0CA

Tetradic#F0CAF0, #F0DDCA, #CAF0CA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2F7FB

Darker −10%#A2C3E5

Darker −20%#7BAADA

Darker −30%#5391CE

Darker −40%#3477BA

More saturated +25%#C2DDF9

Less saturated −25%#D3DDE8

Channel breakdown

R202

G221

B240

Red202 (79.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue210°

Saturation (HSL)55.88%

Lightness86.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR CA · G DD · B F0

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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