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Recognised as Colour

#CAE1FD

  • #CAE1FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#CAE1FD is a blue with RGB values 202, 225, 253 and HSL 213°, 93%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#CAE1FD#CAE1FD
HEX#CAE1FD
RGBrgb(202, 225, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8824, 0.9922
RGB percentages79.2%, 88.2%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(212.9, 92.7%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.9, 20.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK20.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,296,125
CSS custom property--colour: #CAE1FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.7:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#351E02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E2FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DCFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#BDE7EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 11.3Alice blue · ΔE 14.6Powder blue · ΔE 14.9Ghost white · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDE6CA
Analogous#CAFAFD, #CDCAFD
Triadic#FDCAE1, #E1FDCA
Split complementary#FDCDCA, #FAFDCA
Tetradic#FDCAFA, #FDE6CA, #CAFDCD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFDFF
Darker −10%#99C5FB
Darker −20%#68A9F9
Darker −30%#378EF7
Darker −40%#0972F2
More saturated +25%#C8E1FF
Less saturated −25%#D1E2F6

Channel breakdown

R202
G225
B253
Red202 (79.2%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue212.94°
Saturation (HSL)92.73%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G E1 · B FD

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