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Colour

#D6D8F8

  • #D6D8F8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D6D8F8 is a blue with RGB values 214, 216, 248 and HSL 236°, 71%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D6D8F8#D6D8F8
HEX#D6D8F8
RGBrgb(214, 216, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.8471, 0.9725
RGB percentages83.9%, 84.7%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(236.5, 70.8%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.5, 13.7%, 97.3%)
CMYK13.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,080,248
CSS custom property--colour: #D6D8F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.04:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#292707

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DBFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD9F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CFDDE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8Light steelblue · ΔE 11Thistle · ΔE 12.3Gainsboro · ΔE 16.8Alice blue · ΔE 16.8Light grey · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8F6D6
Analogous#D6E9F8, #E5D6F8
Triadic#F8D6D8, #D8F8D6
Split complementary#F8E5D6, #E9F8D6
Tetradic#F8D6E9, #F8F6D6, #D6F8E5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#AAAFF1
Darker −20%#7F85E9
Darker −30%#535CE2
Darker −40%#2832DA
More saturated +25%#D0D3FE
Less saturated −25%#DCDDF2

Channel breakdown

R214
G216
B248
Red214 (83.9%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue236.47°
Saturation (HSL)70.83%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D6 · G D8 · B F8

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