#c4cade

Color #c4cade

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-300 #cad5e2 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#c4cade

RGB

rgb(196, 202, 222)

HSL

hsl(226.2, 28.3%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.2, 11.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.7%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(81.43, 1.86, -10.61)

LCH

lch(81.43, 10.77, 279.94)

OKLCH

oklch(84.1%, 0.0286, 272.4)

HWB

hwb(226.2, 76.9%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ded8c4

Analogous

#c4d7de

#c4cade

#cbc4de

Triadic

#c4cade

#dec4ca

#cadec4

Split-complementary

#c4cade

#decbc4

#d7dec4

Tetradic

#c4cade

#d8c4de

#ded8c4

#cadec4

Square

#c4cade

#dec4d7

#ded8c4

#c4decb

Shades

Color #c4cade mixed toward black.

#97a2c5

#6b7aac

#4b5986

#323b59

#191e2d

Tints

Color #c4cade mixed toward white.

#ced3e4

#d8dce9

#e2e5ef

#ebedf4

#f5f6fa

Tones

Color #c4cade mixed toward gray.

#c6cbdc

#c8ccda

#cbced8

#cdcfd5

#cfd0d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c7d9 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#c6c6d8 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#c4d6d5 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 8.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c4cade;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c4cade]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#c4cade (#c4cade) is rgb(196, 202, 222) in RGB.

No, #c4cade is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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