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Recognised as Colour

#DDD8FA

  • #DDD8FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDD8FA is a blue with RGB values 221, 216, 250 and HSL 249°, 77%, 91%. 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

#DDD8FA#DDD8FA
HEX#DDD8FA
RGBrgb(221, 216, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8471, 0.9804
RGB percentages86.7%, 84.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(248.8, 77.3%, 91.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.8, 13.6%, 98%)
CMYK11.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,002
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#222705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DCFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DBF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D8DDE3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 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 text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.7Thistle · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Ghost white · ΔE 17.5Lavender blush · ΔE 17.6Alice blue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5FAD8
Analogous#D8E4FA, #EED8FA
Triadic#FADDD8, #D8FADD
Split complementary#FAEED8, #E4FAD8
Tetradic#FAD8E4, #F5FAD8, #D8FAEE

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%#B6ABF4
Darker −20%#8E7EEE
Darker −30%#6750E9
Darker −40%#3F23E3
More saturated +25%#D9D3FF
Less saturated −25%#E1DEF4

Channel breakdown

R221
G216
B250
Red221 (86.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue248.82°
Saturation (HSL)77.27%
Lightness91.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G D8 · B FA

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