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Recognised as Colour

#D1CAE7

  • #D1CAE7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D1CAE7 is a blue with RGB values 209, 202, 231 and HSL 254°, 38%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D1CAE7#D1CAE7
HEX#D1CAE7
RGBrgb(209, 202, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.7922, 0.9059
RGB percentages82%, 79.2%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(254.5, 37.7%, 84.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254.5, 12.6%, 90.6%)
CMYK9.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,748,967
CSS custom property--colour: #D1CAE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61566WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#2E3518

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4CEE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CDE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CDCED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Lavender · ΔE 10.7Light grey · ΔE 15.7Silver · ΔE 16.4Gainsboro · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0E7CA
Analogous#CAD2E7, #E0CAE7
Triadic#E7D1CA, #CAE7D1
Split complementary#E7E0CA, #D2E7CA
Tetradic#E7CAD2, #E0E7CA, #CAE7E0

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%#B3A7D7
Darker −20%#9484C7
Darker −30%#7661B7
Darker −40%#5C479E
More saturated +25%#CCC0F1
Less saturated −25%#D6D4DD

Channel breakdown

R209
G202
B231
Red209 (82%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue254.48°
Saturation (HSL)37.66%
Lightness84.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G CA · B E7

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