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Recognised as Colour

#D0C8EA

  • #D0C8EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D0C8EA is a blue with RGB values 208, 200, 234 and HSL 254°, 45%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D0C8EA#D0C8EA
HEX#D0C8EA
RGBrgb(208, 200, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.7843, 0.9176
RGB percentages81.6%, 78.4%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(254.1, 44.7%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.1, 14.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK11.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,682,922
CSS custom property--colour: #D0C8EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#2F3715

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2CCE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CBCDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Lavender · ΔE 12.7Light grey · ΔE 18.4Silver · ΔE 18.8Gainsboro · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2EAC8
Analogous#C8D1EA, #E1C8EA
Triadic#EAD0C8, #C8EAD0
Split complementary#EAE1C8, #D1EAC8
Tetradic#EAC8D1, #E2EAC8, #C8EAE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0EDF8
Darker −10%#B0A3DC
Darker −20%#917ECE
Darker −30%#7159C0
Darker −40%#5840A6
More saturated +25%#CBBFF4
Less saturated −25%#D5D2E1

Channel breakdown

R208
G200
B234
Red208 (81.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue254.12°
Saturation (HSL)44.74%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D0 · G C8 · B EA

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