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Recognised as Colour

#CADEDC

  • #CADEDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#CADEDC is a cyan with RGB values 202, 222, 220 and HSL 174°, 23%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#CADEDC#CADEDC
HEX#CADEDC
RGBrgb(202, 222, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8706, 0.8627
RGB percentages79.2%, 87.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(174, 23.3%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 9%, 87.1%)
CMYK9%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,295,324
CSS custom property--colour: #CADEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#352123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDCDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D9DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C5DFDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 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 text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7.2Light grey · ΔE 7.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 11.3Light cyan · ΔE 11.5Silver · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECACC
Analogous#CADED2, #CAD6DE
Triadic#DCCADE, #DEDCCA
Split complementary#DECAD6, #DED2CA
Tetradic#D2CADE, #DECACC, #D6DECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E9F2F1
Darker −10%#ABCAC7
Darker −20%#8BB7B2
Darker −30%#6CA39E
Darker −40%#548882
More saturated +25%#BFE9E5
Less saturated −25%#D4D4D4

Channel breakdown

R202
G222
B220
Red202 (79.2%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)23.26%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CA · G DE · B DC

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