Recognised as Colour

#D8E7FE

#D8E7FE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#D8E7FE is a blue with RGB values 216, 231, 254 and HSL 216°, 95%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D8E7FE#D8E7FE

HEX#D8E7FE

RGBrgb(216, 231, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.9059, 0.9961

RGB percentages84.7%, 90.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(216.3, 95%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.3, 15%, 99.6%)

CMYK15%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,215,166

CSS custom property--colour: #D8E7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#271801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CFECEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.2 Alice blue · ΔE 10.5 Ghost white · ΔE 11.6 Light blue · ΔE 12.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 13 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FEEFD8

Analogous#D8FAFE, #DCD8FE

Triadic#FED8E7, #E7FED8

Split complementary#FEDCD8, #FAFED8

Tetradic#FED8FA, #FEEFD8, #D8FEDC

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%#A6C8FD

Darker −20%#75AAFB

Darker −30%#438BFA

Darker −40%#116DF9

More saturated +25%#D7E7FF

Less saturated −25%#DDE8F9

Channel breakdown

R216

G231

B254

Red216 (84.7%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue216.32°

Saturation (HSL)95%

Lightness92.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D8 · G E7 · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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