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Recognised as Colour

#CADDFE

  • #CADDFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#CADDFE is a blue with RGB values 202, 221, 254 and HSL 218°, 96%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#CADDFE#CADDFE
HEX#CADDFE
RGBrgb(202, 221, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8667, 0.9961
RGB percentages79.2%, 86.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(218.1, 96.3%, 89.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.1, 20.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK20.5%, 13%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,295,102
CSS custom property--colour: #CADDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#352201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDDAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BDE4E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.9Lavender · ΔE 10Light blue · ΔE 13.7Alice blue · ΔE 16.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Thistle · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEEBCA
Analogous#CAF7FE, #D1CAFE
Triadic#FECADD, #DDFECA
Split complementary#FED1CA, #F7FECA
Tetradic#FECAF7, #FEEBCA, #CAFED1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFDFF
Darker −10%#98BDFD
Darker −20%#669DFC
Darker −30%#347DFB
Darker −40%#055DF7
More saturated +25%#C9DDFF
Less saturated −25%#D1DFF7

Channel breakdown

R202
G221
B254
Red202 (79.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue218.08°
Saturation (HSL)96.3%
Lightness89.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DD · B FE

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