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Recognised as Colour

#DCD9FA

  • #DCD9FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCD9FA is a blue with RGB values 220, 217, 250 and HSL 245°, 77%, 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

#DCD9FA#DCD9FA
HEX#DCD9FA
RGBrgb(220, 217, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.851, 0.9804
RGB percentages86.3%, 85.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(245.5, 76.7%, 91.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(245.5, 13.2%, 98%)
CMYK12%, 13.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,722
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#232605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DCF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D6DEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 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 text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.1Thistle · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7Ghost white · ΔE 16.9Alice blue · ΔE 17.1Lavender blush · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7FAD9
Analogous#D9E6FA, #EDD9FA
Triadic#FADCD9, #D9FADC
Split complementary#FAEDD9, #E6FAD9
Tetradic#FAD9E6, #F7FAD9, #D9FAED

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%#B2ACF4
Darker −20%#897FEE
Darker −30%#5F52E8
Darker −40%#3625E2
More saturated +25%#D8D4FF
Less saturated −25%#E0DEF5

Channel breakdown

R220
G217
B250
Red220 (86.3%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue245.45°
Saturation (HSL)76.74%
Lightness91.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D9 · B FA

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