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Colour

#D9EEFF

  • #D9EEFF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D9EEFF is a blue with RGB values 217, 238, 255 and HSL 207°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D9EEFF#D9EEFF
HEX#D9EEFF
RGBrgb(217, 238, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.9333, 1
RGB percentages85.1%, 93.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(206.8, 100%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.8, 14.9%, 100%)
CMYK14.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,282,495
CSS custom property--colour: #D9EEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.62:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#261100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7EEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CFF2F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Alice blue · ΔE 7.8Ghost white · ΔE 9.8Azure · ΔE 10.7Light cyan · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFEAD9
Analogous#D9FFFD, #D9DBFF
Triadic#FFD9EE, #EEFFD9
Split complementary#FFD9DB, #FFFDD9
Tetradic#FDD9FF, #FFEAD9, #DBFFD9

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%#A6D7FF
Darker −20%#73C0FF
Darker −30%#40AAFF
Darker −40%#0D93FF
More saturated +25%#D9EEFF
Less saturated −25%#DEEDFA

Channel breakdown

R217
G238
B255
Red217 (85.1%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue206.84°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G EE · B FF

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