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Recognised as Colour

#DDD3FF

  • #DDD3FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DDD3FF is a blue with RGB values 221, 211, 255 and HSL 254°, 100%, 91%. 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

#DDD3FF#DDD3FF
HEX#DDD3FF
RGBrgb(221, 211, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8275, 1
RGB percentages86.7%, 82.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(253.6, 100%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.6, 17.3%, 100%)
CMYK13.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,537,727
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.84:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#222C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD8FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D7D9E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 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 text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 12.8Lavender · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Lavender blush · ΔE 22.6Ghost white · ΔE 22.8Alice blue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 12.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5FFD3
Analogous#D3DFFF, #F3D3FF
Triadic#FFDDD3, #D3FFDD
Split complementary#FFF3D3, #DFFFD3
Tetradic#FFD3DF, #F5FFD3, #D3FFF3

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%#B6A0FF
Darker −20%#8E6DFF
Darker −30%#673AFF
Darker −40%#3F07FF
More saturated +25%#DDD3FF
Less saturated −25%#E0D9FA

Channel breakdown

R221
G211
B255
Red221 (86.7%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue253.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G D3 · B FF

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