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Recognised as Colour

#CDCAFF

  • #CDCAFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#CDCAFF is a blue with RGB values 205, 202, 255 and HSL 243°, 100%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#CDCAFF#CDCAFF
HEX#CDCAFF
RGBrgb(205, 202, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.7922, 1
RGB percentages80.4%, 79.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(243.4, 100%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.4, 20.8%, 100%)
CMYK19.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,486,847
CSS custom property--colour: #CDCAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.49:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#323500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDD0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCCEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C2D3DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 16.7Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2Lavender · ΔE 19.8Light skyblue · ΔE 23Plum · ΔE 23.3Light blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 16.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCFFCA
Analogous#CAE1FF, #E8CAFF
Triadic#FFCDCA, #CAFFCD
Split complementary#FFE7CA, #E1FFCA
Tetradic#FFCAE1, #FCFFCA, #CAFFE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FDFDFF
Darker −10%#9D97FF
Darker −20%#6D64FF
Darker −30%#3D31FF
Darker −40%#0E00FD
More saturated +25%#CDCAFF
Less saturated −25%#D3D1F8

Channel breakdown

R205
G202
B255
Red205 (80.4%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue243.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CD · G CA · B FF

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