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Recognised as Colour

#DCD4FC

  • #DCD4FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DCD4FC is a blue with RGB values 220, 212, 252 and HSL 252°, 87%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DCD4FC#DCD4FC
HEX#DCD4FC
RGBrgb(220, 212, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8314, 0.9882
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.1%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(252, 87%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(252, 15.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,444
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD4FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.87:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#232B03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD9FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD8FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#D6DAE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.7Lavender · ΔE 12.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6Lavender blush · ΔE 20.7Ghost white · ΔE 20.9Alice blue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4FCD4
Analogous#D4E0FC, #F0D4FC
Triadic#FCDCD4, #D4FCDC
Split complementary#FCF0D4, #E0FCD4
Tetradic#FCD4E0, #F4FCD4, #D4FCF0

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%#B5A4F9
Darker −20%#8E75F5
Darker −30%#6845F2
Darker −40%#4115EF
More saturated +25%#DAD1FF
Less saturated −25%#DFDAF6

Channel breakdown

R220
G212
B252
Red220 (86.3%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue252°
Saturation (HSL)86.96%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D4 · B FC

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