Recognised as Colour

#D5DADD

#D5DADD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#D5DADD is a blue with RGB values 213, 218, 221 and HSL 203°, 11%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D5DADD#D5DADD

HEX#D5DADD

RGBrgb(213, 218, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.8549, 0.8667

RGB percentages83.5%, 85.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(202.5, 10.5%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(202.5, 3.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK3.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,015,197

CSS custom property--colour: #D5DADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69509WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#2A2522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7D9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D3DBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 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 text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 2.6 Light grey · ΔE 3.2 Silver · ΔE 9.4 White smoke · ΔE 10.1 Lavender · ΔE 10.3 Alice blue · ΔE 10.7

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 2.56, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DDD8D5

Analogous#D5DDDC, #D5D6DD

Triadic#DDD5DA, #DADDD5

Split complementary#DDD5D6, #DDDCD5

Tetradic#DCD5DD, #DDD8D5, #D6DDD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F1F3F4

Darker −10%#B9C1C6

Darker −20%#9DA8AF

Darker −30%#809099

Darker −40%#67767F

More saturated +25%#CCDCE7

Less saturated −25%#D9D9D9

Channel breakdown

R213

G218

B221

Red213 (83.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue202.5°

Saturation (HSL)10.53%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D5 · G DA · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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