#cadef9

Color #cadef9

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 8.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#cadef9

RGB

rgb(202, 222, 249)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 79.7%, 88.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 18.9%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(87.79, -1.13, -15.37)

LCH

lch(87.79, 15.41, 265.8)

OKLCH

oklch(89.4%, 0.043, 255.87)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 79.2%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9e5ca

Analogous

#caf5f9

#cadef9

#cdcaf9

Triadic

#cadef9

#f9cade

#def9ca

Split-complementary

#cadef9

#f9cdca

#f5f9ca

Tetradic

#cadef9

#e5caf9

#f9e5ca

#def9ca

Square

#cadef9

#f9caf5

#f9e5ca

#caf9cd

Shades

Color #cadef9 mixed toward black.

#86b4f1

#438aea

#1763cb

#0f4287

#082144

Tints

Color #cadef9 mixed toward white.

#d3e3fa

#dce9fb

#e4eefc

#edf4fd

#f6f9fe

Tones

Color #cadef9 mixed toward gray.

#cedef5

#d2dff1

#d6e0ed

#dae0e9

#dde1e5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d3d3f3 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#d2d0f1 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#cbeeed · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 11.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cadef9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cadef9]

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

#cadef9 (#cadef9) is rgb(202, 222, 249) in RGB.

No, #cadef9 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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