Information about #CAF5ED color

#CAF5ED color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CAF5ED falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Luminous brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(202, 245, 237) — 79.2% red, 96.1% green, 92.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 17 / 0 / 3 / 4. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A energetic, saturated cyan, #CAF5ED is nearly as bright as white. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Spectral Teal (#D2F8EC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Humming Bird (#CFF9F3) and Pale Blue Lily (#CFECEC).

In RGB terms — rgb(202, 245, 237) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CAF5ED: 17.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CAF5ED is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CAF5ED color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CAF5ED color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CAF5ED

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Humming Bird color link
Humming Bird

#CFF9F3

Oyster Bay color link
Oyster Bay

#D1EAEA

Foam color link
Foam

#D0EAE8

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Water color link
Water

#D4F1F9

Pale Opal color link
Pale Opal

#C2FFF7

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CAF5ED
  • RGB202, 245, 237
  • CMYK17, 0, 3, 4
  • CSSrgb(202, 245, 237)
  • HSL169°, 68%, 88%
  • HSL Precise168.837°, 68.254%, 87.647%
  • HSV169°, 18%, 96%
  • HSB169°, 18%, 96%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.961
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.961, 0.929)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.961, 0.929, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.961, 0.929)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB96.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDCAF5ED
  • DECIMAL ID13301229
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01