#cad0d8

Color #cad0d8

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Light Gray #d3d3d3 · ΔE 4.87 Nearest Tailwind class gray-300 #d1d5dc · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#cad0d8

RGB

rgb(202, 208, 216)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 15.2%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 6.5%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(83.25, -0.52, -4.66)

LCH

lch(83.25, 4.69, 263.63)

OKLCH

oklch(85.5%, 0.0129, 255.64)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 79.2%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d8d2ca

Analogous

#cad7d8

#cad0d8

#cbcad8

Triadic

#cad0d8

#d8cad0

#d0d8ca

Split-complementary

#cad0d8

#d8cbca

#d7d8ca

Tetradic

#cad0d8

#d2cad8

#d8d2ca

#d0d8ca

Square

#cad0d8

#d8cad7

#d8d2ca

#cad8cb

Shades

Color #cad0d8 mixed toward black.

#a2acbb

#7a899d

#596678

#3b4450

#1e2228

Tints

Color #cad0d8 mixed toward white.

#d3d8df

#dce0e5

#e5e8ec

#edeff2

#f6f7f9

Tones

Color #cad0d8 mixed toward gray.

#cbd0d7

#ccd0d6

#ced1d5

#cfd1d3

#d0d1d2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcdd6 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#ccccd6 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#cad5d4 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cad0d8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cad0d8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#cad0d8 (#cad0d8) is rgb(202, 208, 216) in RGB.

No, #cad0d8 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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