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Recognised as Colour

#D1D9E5

  • #D1D9E5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D1D9E5 is a blue with RGB values 209, 217, 229 and HSL 216°, 28%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D1D9E5#D1D9E5
HEX#D1D9E5
RGBrgb(209, 217, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.8196, 0.851, 0.898
RGB percentages82%, 85.1%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(216, 27.8%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 8.7%, 89.8%)
CMYK8.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,752,805
CSS custom property--colour: #D1D9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#2E261A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D9E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D7E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CDDBDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 7Light grey · ΔE 7.1Lavender · ΔE 7.4Silver · ΔE 11.1Alice blue · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 6.95, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5DDD1
Analogous#D1E3E5, #D3D1E5
Triadic#E5D1D9, #D9E5D1
Split complementary#E5D3D1, #E3E5D1
Tetradic#E5D1E3, #E5DDD1, #D1E5D3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2F4F7
Darker −10%#B0BED3
Darker −20%#90A3C0
Darker −30%#6F88AE
Darker −40%#546F96
More saturated +25%#C8D7EE
Less saturated −25%#DADBDC

Channel breakdown

R209
G217
B229
Red209 (82%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)27.78%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D1 · G D9 · B E5

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