Recognised as Colour

#DADBE5

#DADBE5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DADBE5 is a blue with RGB values 218, 219, 229 and HSL 235°, 17%, 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 Gainsboro.

Colour values

#DADBE5#DADBE5

HEX#DADBE5

RGBrgb(218, 219, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8588, 0.898

RGB percentages85.5%, 85.9%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(234.5, 17.5%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.5, 4.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK4.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,343,141

CSS custom property--colour: #DADBE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#25241A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9DCE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DBE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D8DDDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 5.2 Light grey · ΔE 6 Lavender · ΔE 6.7 Alice blue · ΔE 10 Ghost white · ΔE 10.3 White smoke · ΔE 10.4

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5E4DA

Analogous#DAE1E5, #DFDAE5

Triadic#E5DADB, #DBE5DA

Split complementary#E5DFDA, #E1E5DA

Tetradic#E5DAE1, #E5E4DA, #DAE5DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8F8FA

Darker −10%#BCBED0

Darker −20%#9EA1BB

Darker −30%#8084A6

Darker −40%#64688F

More saturated +25%#D2D5ED

Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R218

G219

B229

Red218 (85.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue234.55°

Saturation (HSL)17.46%

Lightness87.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G DB · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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