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Recognised as Colour

#DCD4F9

  • #DCD4F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DCD4F9 is a blue with RGB values 220, 212, 249 and HSL 253°, 76%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DCD4F9#DCD4F9
HEX#DCD4F9
RGBrgb(220, 212, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8314, 0.9765
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.1%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(253, 75.5%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 14.9%, 97.6%)
CMYK11.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,441
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD4F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.83:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#232B06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD9FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD8F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#D7D9E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 10.8Lavender · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Lavender blush · ΔE 19.4Ghost white · ΔE 19.6Gainsboro · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1F9D4
Analogous#D4DEF9, #EFD4F9
Triadic#F9DCD4, #D4F9DC
Split complementary#F9EFD4, #DEF9D4
Tetradic#F9D4DF, #F1F9D4, #D4F9EF

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%#B8A7F3
Darker −20%#937AED
Darker −30%#6F4EE6
Darker −40%#4A21E0
More saturated +25%#D9CEFF
Less saturated −25%#DFDAF3

Channel breakdown

R220
G212
B249
Red220 (86.3%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue252.97°
Saturation (HSL)75.51%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D4 · B F9

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