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Recognised as Colour

#D6E6F9

  • #D6E6F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D6E6F9 is a blue with RGB values 214, 230, 249 and HSL 213°, 74%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D6E6F9#D6E6F9
HEX#D6E6F9
RGBrgb(214, 230, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8392, 0.902, 0.9765
RGB percentages83.9%, 90.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(212.6, 74.5%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.6, 14.1%, 97.6%)
CMYK14.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,083,833
CSS custom property--colour: #D6E6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.55:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#291906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE3F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CEEAECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.6Alice blue · ΔE 9.4Ghost white · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5Light blue · ΔE 11.6White smoke · ΔE 12.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9E9D6
Analogous#D6F8F9, #D8D6F9
Triadic#F9D6E6, #E6F9D6
Split complementary#F9D8D6, #F8F9D6
Tetradic#F9D6F8, #F9E9D6, #D6F9D8

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%#AACBF2
Darker −20%#7DB0EC
Darker −30%#5195E5
Darker −40%#2479DF
More saturated +25%#D0E5FF
Less saturated −25%#DCE7F3

Channel breakdown

R214
G230
B249
Red214 (83.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue212.57°
Saturation (HSL)74.47%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D6 · G E6 · B F9

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