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Recognised as Colour

#DDD9FB

  • #DDD9FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDD9FB is a blue with RGB values 221, 217, 251 and HSL 247°, 81%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DDD9FB#DDD9FB
HEX#DDD9FB
RGBrgb(221, 217, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.851, 0.9843
RGB percentages86.7%, 85.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(247.1, 81%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(247.1, 13.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK12%, 13.5%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,539,259
CSS custom property--colour: #DDD9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#222604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DDFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DCFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D7DEE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.5Thistle · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Ghost white · ΔE 17.3Alice blue · ΔE 17.6Lavender blush · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7FBD9
Analogous#D9E6FB, #EED9FB
Triadic#FBDDD9, #D9FBDD
Split complementary#FBEED9, #E6FBD9
Tetradic#FBD9E6, #F7FBD9, #D9FBEE

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%#B4ABF6
Darker −20%#8A7DF1
Darker −30%#614FEC
Darker −40%#3820E8
More saturated +25%#DAD5FF
Less saturated −25%#E1DEF6

Channel breakdown

R221
G217
B251
Red221 (86.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue247.06°
Saturation (HSL)80.95%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G D9 · B FB

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