#d9d9ec

Color #d9d9ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 4.64 Nearest Tailwind class violet-100 #ede9fe · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#d9d9ec

RGB

rgb(217, 217, 236)

HSL

hsl(240, 33.3%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 8.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(87.21, 3.56, -9.28)

LCH

lch(87.21, 9.94, 290.99)

OKLCH

oklch(89.1%, 0.0259, 285.92)

HWB

hwb(240, 85.1%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ececd9

Analogous

#d9e2ec

#d9d9ec

#e2d9ec

Triadic

#d9d9ec

#ecd9d9

#d9ecd9

Split-complementary

#d9d9ec

#ece2d9

#e2ecd9

Tetradic

#d9d9ec

#ecd9ec

#ececd9

#d9ecd9

Square

#d9d9ec

#ecd9e2

#ececd9

#d9ece2

Shades

Color #d9d9ec mixed toward black.

#a7a7d3

#7474ba

#4c4c97

#323265

#191932

Tints

Color #d9d9ec mixed toward white.

#dfdfef

#e6e6f2

#ececf5

#f2f2f9

#f9f9fc

Tones

Color #d9d9ec mixed toward gray.

#dbdbea

#dcdce9

#dedee7

#dfdfe6

#e1e1e4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d9e8 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#d9d9e7 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#d9e4e3 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 8.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #d9d9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9d9ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#d9d9ec (#d9d9ec) is rgb(217, 217, 236) in RGB.

No, #d9d9ec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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