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Recognised as Colour

#D0C9E8

  • #D0C9E8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D0C9E8 is a blue with RGB values 208, 201, 232 and HSL 254°, 40%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D0C9E8#D0C9E8
HEX#D0C9E8
RGBrgb(208, 201, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.7882, 0.9098
RGB percentages81.6%, 78.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(253.5, 40.3%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.5, 13.4%, 91%)
CMYK10.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,683,176
CSS custom property--colour: #D0C9E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.2:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#2F3617

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CDE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CDE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CCCDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Lavender · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 16.8Silver · ΔE 17.3Gainsboro · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1E8C9
Analogous#C9D2E8, #DFC9E8
Triadic#E8D0C9, #C9E8D0
Split complementary#E8E0C9, #D2E8C9
Tetradic#E8C9D2, #E1E8C9, #C9E8E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EFEDF7
Darker −10%#B1A5D9
Darker −20%#9281CA
Darker −30%#735EBA
Darker −40%#5944A1
More saturated +25%#CBBFF2
Less saturated −25%#D5D3DE

Channel breakdown

R208
G201
B232
Red208 (81.6%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue253.55°
Saturation (HSL)40.26%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D0 · G C9 · B E8

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