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Recognised as Colour

#D4DDEF

  • #D4DDEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D4DDEF is a blue with RGB values 212, 221, 239 and HSL 220°, 46%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D4DDEF#D4DDEF
HEX#D4DDEF
RGBrgb(212, 221, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8314, 0.8667, 0.9373
RGB percentages83.1%, 86.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(220, 45.8%, 88.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 11.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK11.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,950,447
CSS custom property--colour: #D4DDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#2B2210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DEF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DBEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#CEE0E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.1Gainsboro · ΔE 9.8Light grey · ΔE 10.4Alice blue · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.1Ghost white · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE6D4
Analogous#D4EBEF, #D9D4EF
Triadic#EFD4DD, #DDEFD4
Split complementary#EFD8D4, #EAEFD4
Tetradic#EFD4EA, #EFE6D4, #D4EFD8

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%#AFC0E1
Darker −20%#8AA2D3
Darker −30%#6485C6
Darker −40%#4369B4
More saturated +25%#CDDBF6
Less saturated −25%#DBDFE8

Channel breakdown

R212
G221
B239
Red212 (83.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)45.76%
Lightness88.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D4 · G DD · B EF

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