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Recognised as Colour

#DCD7FB

  • #DCD7FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCD7FB is a blue with RGB values 220, 215, 251 and HSL 248°, 82%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCD7FB#DCD7FB
HEX#DCD7FB
RGBrgb(220, 215, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8431, 0.9843
RGB percentages86.3%, 84.3%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(248.3, 81.8%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.3, 14.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK12.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,211
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD7FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#232804

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFDBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D6DCE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 9.8Thistle · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Ghost white · ΔE 18.6Lavender blush · ΔE 18.7Alice blue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6FBD7
Analogous#D7E4FB, #EED7FB
Triadic#FBDCD7, #D7FBDC
Split complementary#FBEED7, #E4FBD7
Tetradic#FBD7E4, #F6FBD7, #D7FBEE

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%#B3A9F6
Darker −20%#8B7AF2
Darker −30%#624CED
Darker −40%#3A1EE8
More saturated +25%#D9D3FF
Less saturated −25%#E0DDF5

Channel breakdown

R220
G215
B251
Red220 (86.3%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue248.33°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D7 · B FB

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