#cad2ed

Color #cad2ed

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-100 #e0e7ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#cad2ed

RGB

rgb(202, 210, 237)

HSL

hsl(226.3, 49.3%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.3, 14.8%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(84.36, 2.63, -14.17)

LCH

lch(84.36, 14.41, 280.51)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.0383, 272.54)

HWB

hwb(226.3, 79.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ede5ca

Analogous

#cae4ed

#cad2ed

#d4caed

Triadic

#cad2ed

#edcad2

#d2edca

Split-complementary

#cad2ed

#edd4ca

#e4edca

Tetradic

#cad2ed

#e5caed

#ede5ca

#d2edca

Square

#cad2ed

#edcae4

#ede5ca

#caedd4

Shades

Color #cad2ed mixed toward black.

#93a4da

#5d75c8

#3850a4

#25366d

#131b37

Tints

Color #cad2ed mixed toward white.

#d3daf0

#dce1f3

#e5e9f6

#edf0f9

#f6f8fc

Tones

Color #cad2ed mixed toward gray.

#cdd4ea

#d0d5e7

#d3d7e4

#d6d8e1

#d9dade

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecee7 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#cdcce5 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#cae2e1 · ΔE 15.2

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cad2ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cad2ed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#cad2ed (#cad2ed) is rgb(202, 210, 237) in RGB.

No, #cad2ed 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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