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Recognised as Colour

#D6DDFF

  • #D6DDFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D6DDFF is a blue with RGB values 214, 221, 255 and HSL 230°, 100%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D6DDFF#D6DDFF
HEX#D6DDFF
RGBrgb(214, 221, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.8667, 1
RGB percentages83.9%, 86.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(229.8, 100%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.8, 16.1%, 100%)
CMYK16.1%, 13.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,081,535
CSS custom property--colour: #D6DDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.65:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#292200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DDFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CDE3E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.3Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Thistle · ΔE 14.7Alice blue · ΔE 16.6Light blue · ΔE 17Ghost white · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF8D6
Analogous#D6F2FF, #E4D6FF
Triadic#FFD6DD, #DDFFD6
Split complementary#FFE4D6, #F2FFD6
Tetradic#FFD6F2, #FFF8D6, #D6FFE4

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%#A3B3FF
Darker −20%#7088FF
Darker −30%#3D5EFF
Darker −40%#0A34FF
More saturated +25%#D6DDFF
Less saturated −25%#DBE0FA

Channel breakdown

R214
G221
B255
Red214 (83.9%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue229.76°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D6 · G DD · B FF

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