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Recognised as Colour

#D4DAEF

  • #D4DAEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D4DAEF is a blue with RGB values 212, 218, 239 and HSL 227°, 46%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D4DAEF#D4DAEF
HEX#D4DAEF
RGBrgb(212, 218, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.8549, 0.9373
RGB percentages83.1%, 85.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(226.7, 45.8%, 88.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 11.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK11.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,949,679
CSS custom property--colour: #D4DAEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70372WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.07:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#2B2510

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DCF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D9EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CEDEE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.1Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.1Light grey · ΔE 11.4Alice blue · ΔE 12.5Ghost white · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE9D4
Analogous#D4E7EF, #DCD4EF
Triadic#EFD4DA, #DAEFD4
Split complementary#EFDCD4, #E7EFD4
Tetradic#EFD4E7, #EFE9D4, #D4EFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9FAFD
Darker −10%#AFBAE1
Darker −20%#8A9AD3
Darker −30%#647AC6
Darker −40%#435CB4
More saturated +25%#CDD6F6
Less saturated −25%#DBDEE8

Channel breakdown

R212
G218
B239
Red212 (83.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)45.76%
Lightness88.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D4 · G DA · B EF

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