Colour

#D9DEEF

#D9DEEF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#D9DEEF is a blue with RGB values 217, 222, 239 and HSL 226°, 41%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D9DEEF#D9DEEF

HEX#D9DEEF

RGBrgb(217, 222, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8706, 0.9373

RGB percentages85.1%, 87.1%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(226.4, 40.7%, 89.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.4, 9.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK9.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,278,383

CSS custom property--colour: #D9DEEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.65:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#262110

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DADFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DDEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D4E1E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4 Gainsboro · ΔE 9 Light grey · ΔE 9.8 Alice blue · ΔE 10.2 Ghost white · ΔE 10.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 12

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.01, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFEAD9

Analogous#D9E9EF, #DFD9EF

Triadic#EFD9DE, #DEEFD9

Split complementary#EFDFD9, #E9EFD9

Tetradic#EFD9E9, #EFEAD9, #D9EFDF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDFDFE

Darker −10%#B5BFE0

Darker −20%#91A0D1

Darker −30%#6D81C2

Darker −40%#4B62B1

More saturated +25%#D2DAF6

Less saturated −25%#E0E2E8

Channel breakdown

R217

G222

B239

Red217 (85.1%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue226.36°

Saturation (HSL)40.74%

Lightness89.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D9 · G DE · B EF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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