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Recognised as Colour

#D8DFFE

  • #D8DFFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D8DFFE is a blue with RGB values 216, 223, 254 and HSL 229°, 95%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D8DFFE#D8DFFE
HEX#D8DFFE
RGBrgb(216, 223, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8745, 0.9961
RGB percentages84.7%, 87.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(228.9, 95%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.9, 15%, 99.6%)
CMYK15%, 12.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,213,118
CSS custom property--colour: #D8DFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7453WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#272001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D0E4E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Thistle · ΔE 14.7Alice blue · ΔE 14.9Ghost white · ΔE 15.3Light blue · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.71, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF7D8
Analogous#D8F2FE, #E4D8FE
Triadic#FED8DF, #DFFED8
Split complementary#FEE4D8, #F2FED8
Tetradic#FED8F2, #FEF7D8, #D8FEE4

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%#A6B6FD
Darker −20%#758DFB
Darker −30%#4365FA
Darker −40%#113CF9
More saturated +25%#D7DEFF
Less saturated −25%#DDE2F9

Channel breakdown

R216
G223
B254
Red216 (84.7%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue228.95°
Saturation (HSL)95%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D8 · G DF · B FE

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