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Colour

#DADCED

  • #DADCED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DADCED is a blue with RGB values 218, 220, 237 and HSL 234°, 35%, 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

#DADCED#DADCED
HEX#DADCED
RGBrgb(218, 220, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8627, 0.9294
RGB percentages85.5%, 86.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(233.7, 34.5%, 89.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.7, 8%, 92.9%)
CMYK8%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,343,405
CSS custom property--colour: #DADCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#252312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DCEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D6DFE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 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 text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.1Gainsboro · ΔE 8.9Light grey · ΔE 9.6Alice blue · ΔE 10.8Ghost white · ΔE 11.1Lavender blush · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.11, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDEBDA
Analogous#DAE6ED, #E1DAED
Triadic#EDDADC, #DCEDDA
Split complementary#EDE1DA, #E6EDDA
Tetradic#EDDAE6, #EDEBDA, #DAEDE1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FCFCFE
Darker −10%#B8BCDC
Darker −20%#959BCC
Darker −30%#737BBB
Darker −40%#525BA9
More saturated +25%#D3D7F4
Less saturated −25%#E1E1E6

Channel breakdown

R218
G220
B237
Red218 (85.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue233.68°
Saturation (HSL)34.55%
Lightness89.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G DC · B ED

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