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Recognised as Colour

#DCD8FE

  • #DCD8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCD8FE is a blue with RGB values 220, 216, 254 and HSL 246°, 95%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCD8FE#DCD8FE
HEX#DCD8FE
RGBrgb(220, 216, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8471, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.3%, 84.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(246.3, 95%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.3, 15%, 99.6%)
CMYK13.4%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,470
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#232701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D5DEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 10.5Thistle · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Ghost white · ΔE 19.2Alice blue · ΔE 19.4Lavender blush · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAFED8
Analogous#D8E7FE, #EFD8FE
Triadic#FEDCD8, #D8FEDC
Split complementary#FEEFD8, #E7FED8
Tetradic#FED8E7, #FAFED8, #D8FEEF

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%#AFA6FD
Darker −20%#8375FB
Darker −30%#5643FA
Darker −40%#2911F9
More saturated +25%#DBD7FF
Less saturated −25%#E0DDF9

Channel breakdown

R220
G216
B254
Red220 (86.3%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue246.32°
Saturation (HSL)95%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D8 · B FE

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