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Colour

#D9DEFD

  • #D9DEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D9DEFD is a blue with RGB values 217, 222, 253 and HSL 232°, 90%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D9DEFD#D9DEFD
HEX#D9DEFD
RGBrgb(217, 222, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8706, 0.9922
RGB percentages85.1%, 87.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(231.7, 90%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.7, 14.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK14.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,278,397
CSS custom property--colour: #D9DEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#262102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E1FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DEFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D1E3E8no 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 text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.6Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Thistle · ΔE 14.1Alice blue · ΔE 15.1Ghost white · ΔE 15.4Gainsboro · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDF8D9
Analogous#D9F0FD, #E6D9FD
Triadic#FDD9DE, #DEFDD9
Split complementary#FDE6D9, #F0FDD9
Tetradic#FDD9F0, #FDF8D9, #D9FDE6

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%#A9B4FA
Darker −20%#788AF8
Darker −30%#4860F5
Darker −40%#1736F3
More saturated +25%#D7DDFF
Less saturated −25%#DEE2F8

Channel breakdown

R217
G222
B253
Red217 (85.1%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue231.67°
Saturation (HSL)90%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G DE · B FD

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