#DAD5FF

sRGB: 218 / 213 / 255

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions wander across quiet meadows
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#DAD5FF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 213 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 247.1° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 91.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.94:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 213, 255
HSL: 247.14°, 100.00%, 91.76%
HSV / HSB: 247.14°, 16.47%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 14.51%, 16.47%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.754, 69.714, 104.340
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.856, 9.805, -19.826
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69714
24-bit decimal: 14341631

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DAD5FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 14.94:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.41:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FAFFD5 sits half a turn (180°) from #DAD5FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DAD5FF #FAFFD5

Analogous

#D5E5FF and #EFD5FF sit 30° to either side of #DAD5FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#D5E5FF #DAD5FF #EFD5FF

Triadic

#DAD5FF, #FFDAD5 and #D5FFDA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DAD5FF #FFDAD5 #D5FFDA

Split complementary

Start at #DAD5FF and look across the wheel. #FFEFD5 and #E5FFD5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DAD5FF #FFEFD5 #E5FFD5

Square

Starting with #DAD5FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFD5E5, #FAFFD5, then #D5FFEF. Across the square, #DAD5FF pairs with #FAFFD5, and #FFD5E5 with #D5FFEF.

#DAD5FF #FFD5E5 #FAFFD5 #D5FFEF

Tetradic

#DAD5FF and #FAFFD5 are opposites, as are #FFD5FA and #D5FFDA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DAD5FF #FFD5FA #FAFFD5 #D5FFDA

Tints

Mixing #DAD5FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E1DDFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F7FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#DAD5FF #E1DDFF #E9E6FF #F0EEFF #F8F7FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DAD5FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEAACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2B33, the mixture is 80% black.

#DAD5FF #AEAACC #838099 #575566 #2C2B33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DAD5FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8C4E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #929199, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DAD5FF #C8C4E6 #B6B3CC #A4A2B3 #929199 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DAD5FF

RGB

rgb(218 213 255)

HSL

hsl(247.143 100.000% 91.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DAD5FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DAD5FF uses 218 red, 213 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 83.5%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DAD5FF is 14.5% cyan, 16.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 14.5%

Magenta 16.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DAD5FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDDDFF Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#DAD5FF #DFDCF8 #E5E3F1 #EAEAEA #EFF1E3 #F5F8DC #FAFFD5

Color vision previews

Compare how #DAD5FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CCDAFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#CCD9FE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D3DBE3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1D8FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D0D8FE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D8D7F5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D9D9D9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DAD7ED

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.70110 G 0.66539 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.85146 G 0.83595 B 0.98699

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.69476 G 0.66657 B 0.97067

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.289 y 0.285 Y 69.714

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 14.510 M % 16.471 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011010 11010101 11111111