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Recognised as Colour

#CAE3EE

  • #CAE3EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#CAE3EE is a cyan with RGB values 202, 227, 238 and HSL 198°, 51%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#CAE3EE#CAE3EE
HEX#CAE3EE
RGBrgb(202, 227, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.8902, 0.9333
RGB percentages79.2%, 89%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(198.3, 51.4%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 15.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK15.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,296,622
CSS custom property--colour: #CAE3EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#351C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE1EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8DDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#C0E6E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Gainsboro · ΔE 10.2Lavender · ΔE 10.3Alice blue · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED5CA
Analogous#CAEEE7, #CAD1EE
Triadic#EECAE3, #E3EECA
Split complementary#EECAD1, #EEE7CA
Tetradic#E7CAEE, #EED5CA, #D1EECA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1F7FA
Darker −10%#A3CFE2
Darker −20%#7DBAD5
Darker −30%#56A6C9
Darker −40%#398EB3
More saturated +25%#C1E6F7
Less saturated −25%#D3E0E5

Channel breakdown

R202
G227
B238
Red202 (79.2%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue198.33°
Saturation (HSL)51.43%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CA · G E3 · B EE

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