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Recognised as Colour

#D9DAE5

  • #D9DAE5
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#D9DAE5 is a blue with RGB values 217, 218, 229 and HSL 235°, 19%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#D9DAE5#D9DAE5
HEX#D9DAE5
RGBrgb(217, 218, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8549, 0.898
RGB percentages85.1%, 85.5%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(235, 18.8%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235, 5.2%, 89.8%)
CMYK5.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,277,349
CSS custom property--colour: #D9DAE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70552WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#26251A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DBE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DAE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D7DCDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.8Light grey · ΔE 6.4Lavender · ΔE 6.5Alice blue · ΔE 10.4Ghost white · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5E4D9
Analogous#D9E0E5, #DED9E5
Triadic#E5D9DA, #DAE5D9
Split complementary#E5DED9, #E0E5D9
Tetradic#E5D9E0, #E5E4D9, #D9E5DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F7FA
Darker −10%#BBBDD0
Darker −20%#9C9FBC
Darker −30%#7E82A7
Darker −40%#626690
More saturated +25%#D1D3ED
Less saturated −25%#DFDFDF

Channel breakdown

R217
G218
B229
Red217 (85.1%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue235°
Saturation (HSL)18.75%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G DA · B E5

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