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Recognised as Colour

#D6DDEB

  • #D6DDEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D6DDEB is a blue with RGB values 214, 221, 235 and HSL 220°, 34%, 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

#D6DDEB#D6DDEB
HEX#D6DDEB
RGBrgb(214, 221, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.8667, 0.9216
RGB percentages83.9%, 86.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(220, 34.4%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 8.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK8.9%, 6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,081,515
CSS custom property--colour: #D6DDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72007WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.4:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#292214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DEECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D1E0E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 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 text15.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.5Gainsboro · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 8.4Alice blue · ΔE 9.9Ghost white · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBE4D6
Analogous#D6E8EB, #DAD6EB
Triadic#EBD6DD, #DDEBD6
Split complementary#EBDAD6, #E7EBD6
Tetradic#EBD6E7, #EBE4D6, #D6EBDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F9FC
Darker −10%#B4C1DA
Darker −20%#91A4CA
Darker −30%#6F88B9
Darker −40%#506CA5
More saturated +25%#CEDAF3
Less saturated −25%#DEE0E3

Channel breakdown

R214
G221
B235
Red214 (83.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)34.43%
Lightness88.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D6 · G DD · B EB

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