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Recognised as Colour

#D5D9E7

  • #D5D9E7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D5D9E7 is a blue with RGB values 213, 217, 231 and HSL 227°, 27%, 87%. 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

#D5D9E7#D5D9E7
HEX#D5D9E7
RGBrgb(213, 217, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.851, 0.9059
RGB percentages83.5%, 85.1%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(226.7, 27.3%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 7.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK7.8%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,014,951
CSS custom property--colour: #D5D9E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.91:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#2A2618

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DAE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D9E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D1DBDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.1Gainsboro · ΔE 7.5Light grey · ΔE 7.8Alice blue · ΔE 11.2Ghost white · ΔE 11.7Silver · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7E3D5
Analogous#D5E2E7, #DAD5E7
Triadic#E7D5D9, #D9E7D5
Split complementary#E7DAD5, #E2E7D5
Tetradic#E7D5E2, #E7E3D5, #D5E7DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F6FA
Darker −10%#B5BCD4
Darker −20%#949EC2
Darker −30%#7481AF
Darker −40%#576699
More saturated +25%#CDD4EF
Less saturated −25%#DDDEDF

Channel breakdown

R213
G217
B231
Red213 (83.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue226.67°
Saturation (HSL)27.27%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D5 · G D9 · B E7

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