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Recognised as Colour

#DAD9E3

  • #DAD9E3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gainsboro

#DAD9E3 is a blue with RGB values 218, 217, 227 and HSL 246°, 15%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DAD9E3#DAD9E3
HEX#DAD9E3
RGBrgb(218, 217, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.851, 0.8902
RGB percentages85.5%, 85.1%, 89%
HSLhsl(246, 15.2%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 4.4%, 89%)
CMYK4%, 4.4%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,342,627
CSS custom property--colour: #DAD9E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#25261C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DAE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DAE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8DADCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.3Light grey · ΔE 5.8Lavender · ΔE 7Lavender blush · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 10.7Alice blue · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.3, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E3D9
Analogous#D9DDE3, #DFD9E3
Triadic#E3DAD9, #D9E3DA
Split complementary#E3DFD9, #DDE3D9
Tetradic#E3D9DD, #E2E3D9, #D9E3DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F6F9
Darker −10%#BDBCCD
Darker −20%#A19EB8
Darker −30%#8481A2
Darker −40%#69668A
More saturated +25%#D3D1EB
Less saturated −25%#DEDEDE

Channel breakdown

R218
G217
B227
Red218 (85.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)15.15%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G D9 · B E3

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