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Recognised as Colour

#D9E1F7

  • #D9E1F7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D9E1F7 is a blue with RGB values 217, 225, 247 and HSL 224°, 65%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D9E1F7#D9E1F7
HEX#D9E1F7
RGBrgb(217, 225, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8824, 0.9686
RGB percentages85.1%, 88.2%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(224, 65.2%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224, 12.1%, 96.9%)
CMYK12.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,279,159
CSS custom property--colour: #D9E1F7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#261E08

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE2F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9E0F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D2E5E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.7Alice blue · ΔE 11Ghost white · ΔE 11.6Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12Light grey · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.69, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7EFD9
Analogous#D9F0F7, #E0D9F7
Triadic#F7D9E1, #E1F7D9
Split complementary#F7E0D9, #F0F7D9
Tetradic#F7D9F0, #F7EFD9, #D9F7E0

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%#AFC0EE
Darker −20%#859EE5
Darker −30%#5B7DDC
Darker −40%#305CD4
More saturated +25%#D3DEFD
Less saturated −25%#DFE4F1

Channel breakdown

R217
G225
B247
Red217 (85.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue224°
Saturation (HSL)65.22%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G E1 · B F7

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