Recognised as Colour

#DADCEB

#DADCEB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DADCEB is a blue with RGB values 218, 220, 235 and HSL 233°, 30%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DADCEB#DADCEB

HEX#DADCEB

RGBrgb(218, 220, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8627, 0.9216

RGB percentages85.5%, 86.3%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(232.9, 29.8%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(232.9, 7.2%, 92.2%)

CMYK7.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,343,403

CSS custom property--colour: #DADCEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.42:1

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

Contrast with black15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#252314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8DDECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DCEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D7DEE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 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 text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 7.9 Light grey · ΔE 8.6 Alice blue · ΔE 10.3 Ghost white · ΔE 10.7 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.64, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBE9DA

Analogous#DAE5EB, #E0DAEB

Triadic#EBDADC, #DCEBDA

Split complementary#EBE0DA, #E5EBDA

Tetradic#EBDAE5, #EBE9DA, #DAEBE0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FBFBFD

Darker −10%#B9BDD9

Darker −20%#989DC7

Darker −30%#777EB5

Darker −40%#5760A2

More saturated +25%#D3D7F2

Less saturated −25%#E1E1E4

Channel breakdown

R218

G220

B235

Red218 (85.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue232.94°

Saturation (HSL)29.82%

Lightness88.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G DC · B EB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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