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Recognised as Colour

#DDD8FE

  • #DDD8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDD8FE is a blue with RGB values 221, 216, 254 and HSL 248°, 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

#DDD8FE#DDD8FE
HEX#DDD8FE
RGBrgb(221, 216, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8471, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.7%, 84.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(247.9, 95%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.9, 15%, 99.6%)
CMYK13%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,006
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.33:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#222701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DBFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D7DEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 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 text15.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 10.5Thistle · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Ghost white · ΔE 19.2Lavender blush · ΔE 19.4Alice blue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 10.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9FED8
Analogous#D8E6FE, #F0D8FE
Triadic#FEDDD8, #D8FEDD
Split complementary#FEF0D8, #E6FED8
Tetradic#FED8E6, #F9FED8, #D8FEF0

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%#B2A6FD
Darker −20%#8675FB
Darker −30%#5B43FA
Darker −40%#3011F9
More saturated +25%#DCD7FF
Less saturated −25%#E1DDF9

Channel breakdown

R221
G216
B254
Red221 (86.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue247.89°
Saturation (HSL)95%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G D8 · B FE

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