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Recognised as Colour

#D9E1F9

  • #D9E1F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D9E1F9 is a blue with RGB values 217, 225, 249 and HSL 225°, 73%, 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

#D9E1F9#D9E1F9
HEX#D9E1F9
RGBrgb(217, 225, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8824, 0.9765
RGB percentages85.1%, 88.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(225, 72.7%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(225, 12.9%, 97.6%)
CMYK12.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,279,161
CSS custom property--colour: #D9E1F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.09:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#261E06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE3FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E0F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D2E5E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 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 text16.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.1Alice blue · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Ghost white · ΔE 12.3Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8Light grey · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.05, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9F1D9
Analogous#D9F1F9, #E1D9F9
Triadic#F9D9E1, #E1F9D9
Split complementary#F9E1D9, #F1F9D9
Tetradic#F9D9F1, #F9F1D9, #D9F9E1

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%#ADBEF2
Darker −20%#819BEB
Darker −30%#5579E4
Darker −40%#2956DD
More saturated +25%#D3DEFF
Less saturated −25%#DFE4F3

Channel breakdown

R217
G225
B249
Red217 (85.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue225°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G E1 · B F9

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