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Recognised as Colour

#D8E3FD

  • #D8E3FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D8E3FD is a blue with RGB values 216, 227, 253 and HSL 222°, 90%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D8E3FD#D8E3FD
HEX#D8E3FD
RGBrgb(216, 227, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8902, 0.9922
RGB percentages84.7%, 89%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(222.2, 90.2%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.2, 14.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK14.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,214,141
CSS custom property--colour: #D8E3FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.33:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#271C02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE5FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#D0E8EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Alice blue · ΔE 12.2Ghost white · ΔE 13Light blue · ΔE 14Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDF2D8
Analogous#D8F6FD, #E0D8FD
Triadic#FDD8E3, #E3FDD8
Split complementary#FDE0D8, #F6FDD8
Tetradic#FDD8F6, #FDF2D8, #D8FDE0

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%#A7C0FB
Darker −20%#779DF8
Darker −30%#467BF6
Darker −40%#1658F3
More saturated +25%#D6E2FF
Less saturated −25%#DDE5F8

Channel breakdown

R216
G227
B253
Red216 (84.7%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue222.16°
Saturation (HSL)90.24%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D8 · G E3 · B FD

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