#dcd8fd

Color #dcd8fd

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 10.04 Nearest Tailwind class violet-200 #ddd6ff · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#dcd8fd

RGB

rgb(220, 216, 253)

HSL

hsl(246.5, 90.2%, 92%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.5, 14.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(13%, 14.6%, 0%, 0.8%)

LAB

lab(87.69, 8.43, -17.5)

LCH

lch(87.69, 19.42, 295.72)

OKLCH

oklch(89.7%, 0.0505, 290.26)

HWB

hwb(246.5, 84.7%, 0.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9fdd8

Analogous

#d8e7fd

#dcd8fd

#efd8fd

Triadic

#dcd8fd

#fddcd8

#d8fddc

Split-complementary

#dcd8fd

#fdefd8

#e7fdd8

Tetradic

#dcd8fd

#fdd8f9

#f9fdd8

#d8fddc

Square

#dcd8fd

#fdd8e7

#f9fdd8

#d8fdef

Shades

Color #dcd8fd mixed toward black.

#998ef9

#5743f5

#220bdf

#170895

#0b044a

Tints

Color #dcd8fd mixed toward white.

#e2dffd

#e8e5fe

#eeecfe

#f3f2fe

#f9f9ff

Tones

Color #dcd8fd mixed toward gray.

#dfdbfa

#e1def7

#e3e1f4

#e6e4f1

#e8e8ee

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dadaf5 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#dbdbf3 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#dceeec · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dcd8fd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dcd8fd]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#dcd8fd (#dcd8fd) is rgb(220, 216, 253) in RGB.

No, #dcd8fd 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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