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Recognised as Colour

#D8D8F4

  • #D8D8F4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D8D8F4 is a blue with RGB values 216, 216, 244 and HSL 240°, 56%, 90%. 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

#D8D8F4#D8D8F4
HEX#D8D8F4
RGBrgb(216, 216, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8471, 0.9569
RGB percentages84.7%, 84.7%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(240, 56%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 11.5%, 95.7%)
CMYK11.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,211,316
CSS custom property--colour: #D8D8F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#27270B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DBF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D9F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#D2DCE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 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 text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11Thistle · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14.7Light grey · ΔE 14.9Alice blue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4F4D8
Analogous#D8E6F4, #E6D8F4
Triadic#F4D8D8, #D8F4D8
Split complementary#F4E6D8, #E6F4D8
Tetradic#F4D8E6, #F4F4D8, #D8F4E6

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%#B0B0E9
Darker −20%#8888DE
Darker −30%#6161D2
Darker −40%#3939C7
More saturated +25%#D2D2FA
Less saturated −25%#DEDEEE

Channel breakdown

R216
G216
B244
Red216 (84.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)56%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D8 · G D8 · B F4

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