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Recognised as Colour

#DADAE6

  • #DADAE6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DADAE6 is a blue with RGB values 218, 218, 230 and HSL 240°, 19%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DADAE6#DADAE6
HEX#DADAE6
RGBrgb(218, 218, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8549, 0.902
RGB percentages85.5%, 85.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(240, 19.4%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 5.2%, 90.2%)
CMYK5.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,342,886
CSS custom property--colour: #DADAE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#252519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DBE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DBE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8DCDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 6.3Light grey · ΔE 6.9Alice blue · ΔE 10.6Ghost white · ΔE 10.7Lavender blush · ΔE 10.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6E6DA
Analogous#DAE0E6, #E0DAE6
Triadic#E6DADA, #DAE6DA
Split complementary#E6E0DA, #E0E6DA
Tetradic#E6DAE0, #E6E6DA, #DAE6E0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F8FB
Darker −10%#BCBCD1
Darker −20%#9D9DBD
Darker −30%#7F7FA8
Darker −40%#626292
More saturated +25%#D2D2EE
Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R218
G218
B230
Red218 (85.5%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)19.35%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G DA · B E6

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