Colour

#DADDE5

#DADDE5
Blue
Light
Nearest: Gainsboro

#DADDE5 is a blue with RGB values 218, 221, 229 and HSL 224°, 17%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gainsboro.

Colour values

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HEX#DADDE5

RGBrgb(218, 221, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8667, 0.898

RGB percentages85.5%, 86.7%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(223.6, 17.5%, 87.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 4.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK4.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,343,653

CSS custom property--colour: #DADDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72275WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1

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

Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#25221A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBDDE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADDE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#D8DEDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 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 text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gainsboro · ΔE 4.3 Light grey · ΔE 5.6 Lavender · ΔE 7.3 Alice blue · ΔE 9.3 White smoke · ΔE 9.5 Ghost white · ΔE 9.7

Nearest named CSS colourGainsboro (#DCDCDC)ΔE 4.3, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5E2DA

Analogous#DAE3E5, #DCDAE5

Triadic#E5DADD, #DDE5DA

Split complementary#E5DCDA, #E3E5DA

Tetradic#E5DAE3, #E5E2DA, #DAE5DC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8F9FA

Darker −10%#BCC1D0

Darker −20%#9EA6BB

Darker −30%#808AA6

Darker −40%#64708F

More saturated +25%#D2D9ED

Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R218

G221

B229

Red218 (85.5%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)17.46%

Lightness87.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G DD · B E5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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