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Recognised as Colour

#D0D8FF

  • #D0D8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D0D8FF is a blue with RGB values 208, 216, 255 and HSL 230°, 100%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D0D8FF#D0D8FF
HEX#D0D8FF
RGBrgb(208, 216, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8157, 0.8471, 1
RGB percentages81.6%, 84.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(229.8, 100%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.8, 18.4%, 100%)
CMYK18.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,687,039
CSS custom property--colour: #D0D8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69742WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#2F2700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CEDBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C5DFE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 11.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Thistle · ΔE 15Light blue · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 19.5Alice blue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 11.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF7D0
Analogous#D0EFFF, #E0D0FF
Triadic#FFD0D8, #D8FFD0
Split complementary#FFE0D0, #EFFFD0
Tetradic#FFD0EF, #FFF7D0, #D0FFE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#9DAEFF
Darker −20%#6A83FF
Darker −30%#3759FF
Darker −40%#042FFF
More saturated +25%#D0D8FF
Less saturated −25%#D6DCF9

Channel breakdown

R208
G216
B255
Red208 (81.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue229.79°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D0 · G D8 · B FF

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