#CAFEFF

sRGB: 202 / 254 / 255

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#CAFEFF belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 202 red, 254 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 181.1° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (19.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 202, 254, 255
HSL: 181.13°, 100.00%, 89.61%
HSV / HSB: 181.13°, 20.78%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 20.78%, 0.39%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.845, 90.659, 108.008
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 96.269, -16.109, -5.881
WCAG relative luminance: 0.90660
24-bit decimal: 13303551

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CAFEFF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 19.13:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.10:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FFCBCA sits half a turn (180°) from #CAFEFF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CAFEFF #FFCBCA

Analogous

#CAFFE5 and #CAE4FF sit 30° to either side of #CAFEFF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CAFFE5 #CAFEFF #CAE4FF

Triadic

#CAFEFF, #FFCAFE and #FEFFCA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CAFEFF #FFCAFE #FEFFCA

Split complementary

Start at #CAFEFF and look across the wheel. #FFCAE4 and #FFE5CA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CAFEFF #FFCAE4 #FFE5CA

Square

Starting with #CAFEFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E5CAFF, #FFCBCA, then #E4FFCA. Across the square, #CAFEFF pairs with #FFCBCA, and #E5CAFF with #E4FFCA.

#CAFEFF #E5CAFF #FFCBCA #E4FFCA

Tetradic

#CAFEFF and #FFCBCA are opposites, as are #CBCAFF and #FEFFCA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CAFEFF #CBCAFF #FFCBCA #FEFFCA

Tints

Mixing #CAFEFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5FEFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4FFFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#CAFEFF #D5FEFF #DFFEFF #EAFFFF #F4FFFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CAFEFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A2CBCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #283333, the mixture is 80% black.

#CAFEFF #A2CBCC #799899 #516666 #283333 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CAFEFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBE5E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CAFEFF #BBE5E6 #ACCCCC #9EB2B3 #8F9999 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CAFEFF

RGB

rgb(202 254 255)

HSL

hsl(181.132 100.000% 89.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CAFEFF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CAFEFF uses 202 red, 254 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 79.2%

Green 99.6%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CAFEFF is 20.8% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 20.8%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCFFFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CFF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CAFEFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCFFFF Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#CAFEFF #D3F6F6 #DCEDED #E5E5E5 #EDDCDC #F6D4D3 #FFCBCA

Color vision previews

Compare how #CAFEFF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F7F9FF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#ECF1FF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B9FFFE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E8FAFF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E3F6FF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C9FEFE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#F4F4F4

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E0F9FA

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.59062 G 0.99110 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.83325 G 0.99018 B 0.99664

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.66172 G 0.97781 B 0.99236

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.282 y 0.328 Y 90.659

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.784 M % 0.392 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001010 11111110 11111111