Colour

#DADAFF

#DADAFF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DADAFF is a blue with RGB values 218, 218, 255 and HSL 240°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DADAFF#DADAFF

HEX#DADAFF

RGBrgb(218, 218, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8549, 1

RGB percentages85.5%, 85.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(240, 100%, 92.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 14.5%, 100%)

CMYK14.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,342,911

CSS custom property--colour: #DADAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.45:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#252500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0DCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D2E0E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1 Thistle · ΔE 13.3 Ghost white · ΔE 18.5 Alice blue · ΔE 18.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 19.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFFFDA

Analogous#DAEDFF, #EDDAFF

Triadic#FFDADA, #DAFFDA

Split complementary#FFEDDA, #EDFFDA

Tetradic#FFDAED, #FFFFDA, #DAFFED

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%#A7A7FF

Darker −20%#7474FF

Darker −30%#4141FF

Darker −40%#0E0EFF

More saturated +25%#DADAFF

Less saturated −25%#DFDFFA

Channel breakdown

R218

G218

B255

Red218 (85.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness92.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G DA · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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