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Recognised as Colour

#CADEFA

  • #CADEFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CADEFA is a blue with RGB values 202, 222, 250 and HSL 215°, 83%, 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 Lavender.

Colour values

#CADEFA#CADEFA
HEX#CADEFA
RGBrgb(202, 222, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8706, 0.9804
RGB percentages79.2%, 87.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(215, 82.8%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215, 19.2%, 98%)
CMYK19.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,295,354
CSS custom property--colour: #CADEFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.34:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#352105

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DFFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DAF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BEE4E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 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 text15.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 11.6Alice blue · ΔE 14.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.4Gainsboro · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAE6CA
Analogous#CAF6FA, #CECAFA
Triadic#FACADE, #DEFACA
Split complementary#FACECA, #F6FACA
Tetradic#FACAF6, #FAE6CA, #CAFACE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FBFE
Darker −10%#9BC1F6
Darker −20%#6DA4F1
Darker −30%#3E87ED
Darker −40%#156BE3
More saturated +25%#C5DDFF
Less saturated −25%#D1DFF3

Channel breakdown

R202
G222
B250
Red202 (79.2%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue215°
Saturation (HSL)82.76%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G DE · B FA

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