Colour

#D9E5FD

#D9E5FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#D9E5FD is a blue with RGB values 217, 229, 253 and HSL 220°, 90%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D9E5FD#D9E5FD

HEX#D9E5FD

RGBrgb(217, 229, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.898, 0.9922

RGB percentages85.1%, 89.8%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(220, 90%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(220, 14.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK14.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,280,189

CSS custom property--colour: #D9E5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4

Inverted#261A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE6FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBE3FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D1EAEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6 Alice blue · ΔE 11 Ghost white · ΔE 11.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.3 Light blue · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.61, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDF1D9

Analogous#D9F7FD, #DFD9FD

Triadic#FDD9E5, #E5FDD9

Split complementary#FDDFD9, #F7FDD9

Tetradic#FDD9F7, #FDF1D9, #D9FDDF

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%#A9C4FA

Darker −20%#78A3F8

Darker −30%#4882F5

Darker −40%#1760F3

More saturated +25%#D7E4FF

Less saturated −25%#DEE7F8

Channel breakdown

R217

G229

B253

Red217 (85.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue220°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness92.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR D9 · G E5 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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