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#d0dff0

a pale, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Alice Blue

Token name suggestion: Whisper Sapphire

RGB
208, 223, 240
HSL
212°, 52%, 88%
CMYK
13, 7, 0, 6
Luminance
0.7248

#d0dff0 is a pale vivid blue, 212° on the wheel and 99/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.50:1). As text it scores 1.36:1 on white — use #3C78BD instead. Nearest name is Alice Blue, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(212 52% 88%)rgb(208 223 240)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d0dff0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d0dff0
Hue
212°
blue
Saturation
52%
vivid
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7248
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
99/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.50:1
Closest name
Alice Blue
ΔE2000 7
Chroma
10.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.897
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 22.6
Web-safe
#CCCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue212° of 360°
Saturation52%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d0dff0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool99% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green73%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d0dff0
HEX (8-digit)#d0dff0ff
RGBrgb(208, 223, 240)
RGBArgba(208, 223, 240, 1)
HSLhsl(212, 52%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212, 13%, 94%)
HWBhwb(212 82% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 7%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(88.2 -1.7 -10.0)
LCHlch(88.2 10.1 260.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.897 0.028 251.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.12, 72.48, 92.82)
Decimal13688816
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.875 0.941)
Web-safe#CCCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d0dff0;
background-color: #d0dff0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d0dff0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d0dff0] bg-[#d0dff0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d0dff0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.875, blue: 0.941)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.875, blue: 0.941, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D0DFF0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD0DFF0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD0DFF0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(240, 223, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 223, 240)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 223, 240)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 223, 240)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.8745f, 0.9412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,223,240}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d0dff0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d0dff0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#1F3E61, #D3E0EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d0dff0 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F7FA;
  --brand-100: #EAEFF6;
  --brand-200: #d0dff0;
  --brand-300: #AAC5E4;
  --brand-400: #7FA8D6;
  --brand-500: #558BC9;
  --brand-600: #3B76BA;
  --brand-700: #31639B;
  --brand-800: #274F7C;
  --brand-900: #203B5A;
  --brand-950: #142538;
  --brand: #d0dff0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F7FA;
  --brand-border: #C1D5EB;
  --brand-hover: #B5CCE7;
  --brand-pressed: #9ABADF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141C24;
    --brand-ink: #D3E0EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F7FA',
        100: '#EAEFF6',
        200: '#d0dff0',
        300: '#AAC5E4',
        400: '#7FA8D6',
        500: '#558BC9',
        600: '#3B76BA',
        700: '#31639B',
        800: '#274F7C',
        900: '#203B5A',
        950: '#142538',
        DEFAULT: '#d0dff0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F7FA,
  '100': #EAEFF6,
  '200': #d0dff0,
  '300': #AAC5E4,
  '400': #7FA8D6,
  '500': #558BC9,
  '600': #3B76BA,
  '700': #31639B,
  '800': #274F7C,
  '900': #203B5A,
  '950': #142538,
);
$brand-base: #d0dff0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F7FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAEFF6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#d0dff0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AAC5E4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7FA8D6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#558BC9", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#3B76BA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#31639B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#274F7C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#203B5A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#142538", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d0dff0 · 15.50:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.50:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d0dff0 as text scores 1.36:1 on white and 15.50:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #1F3E61 at 8.07:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3C78BD · 4.55:1
AA on white−39% L
#3C78BD
The quick fox
#2D5B8E · 7.00:1
AAA on white−51% L
#2D5B8E
The quick fox
#d0dff0 · 15.50:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d0dff0
The quick fox
#d0dff0 · 15.50:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d0dff0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6798CF is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d0dff0 on white: 1.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d0dff0 on black: 15.50:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d0dff0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d0dff0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.36:1AaAa
Slate 501.30:1AaAa
Slate 1001.24:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.10:1AaAa
Slate 4001.89:1AaAa
Slate 5003.51:1AaAa
Slate 6005.59:1AaAa
Slate 7007.64:1AaAa
Slate 80010.79:1AaAa
Slate 90013.17:1AaAa
Black15.50:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D9DFF1
deuteranopia · #D5DCF0
tritanopia · #C8E3E4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d0dff0 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F7FA
#EAEFF6
#d0dff0
#AAC5E4
#7FA8D6
#558BC9
#3B76BA
#31639B
#274F7C
#203B5A
#142538
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F4F7FADarkest = 950 · #142538Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.007 251.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.011 251.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.017 251.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.022 251.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.026 251.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.028 251.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.028 251.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.027 251.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.024 251.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.020 251.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.016 251.5);
}

Colors that work with #d0dff0

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F7FA
Tinted page background
Border#C1D5EB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B709B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9E4C2E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#1F3E61
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF2F9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141C24
Dark-mode background
Hover#B5CCE7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9ABADF
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F5F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DDE9F7
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d0dff0

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #1F3E61
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6798CF

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight12/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F0E1D0
Analogous left#D0EFF0
Analogous right#D1D0F0
Split-complement 1#F0D1D0
Split-complement 2#EFF0D0
Triadic 1#F0D0DF
Triadic 2#DFF0D0
Tetradic#F0D0EF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°212°

#d0dff0 sits at 212°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green87.5%
Blue94.1%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
240
0xf0

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.3%
Magenta7.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 26%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d0dff0 text on a black background

contrast 15.50:1

Card sample

#d0dff0 text on a white background

contrast 1.36:1

Card sample

#d0dff0 on grey

1.24:1

#d0dff0 on its own surface

1.26:1

#d0dff0 on its dark surface

12.69:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d0dff0;
Background color
Panel with #d0dff0 background
background-color: #d0dff0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d0dff0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 223, 240, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 223, 240, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d0dff0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d0dff0, #D6D0F0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d0dff0, #DED0F0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d0dff0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d0dff0;
caret-color: #d0dff0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d0dff0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF2F9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d0dff0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d0dff0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d0dff0 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(208, 223, 240, 0.5)
rgb(208 223 240 / 50%)
#d0dff080
hsl(212 52% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d0dff0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d0dff01a#FAFCFE
20%#d0dff033#F6F9FC
40%#d0dff066#ECF2F9
60%#d0dff099#E3ECF6
80%#d0dff0cc#D9E5F3

Gradients from #d0dff0

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0F4FA, #d0dff0 45%, #1F3E61);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d0dff0, #C6B9E9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d0dff0, #F0E1D0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3F7FB 0%, #d0dff0 45%, #1F3E61 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F7FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F6FCFC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E9E7F7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #1F3E61 0%, transparent 65%), #d0dff0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d0dff0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d0dff0 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.50:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d0dff0, answered

What color is #d0dff0?

#d0dff0 is a pale vivid blue, closest to Alice Blue (ΔE2000 7). It sits at 212° on the hue wheel with 52% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d0dff0?

rgb(208, 223, 240) — 208 red, 223 green and 240 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 87.5% / 94.1% by channel.

What is #d0dff0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(212, 52%, 88%) and hsv(212, 13%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d0dff0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7248 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 15.50:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d0dff0?

Black. It scores 15.50:1 against #d0dff0, versus 1.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d0dff0 accessible on a white background?

#d0dff0 on white scores 1.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #3C78BD to reach 4.5:1, or #2D5B8E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d0dff0?

#F0E1D0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F0D1D0 and #EFF0D0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d0dff0?

For interface work: #F4F7FA as the surface, #C1D5EB for borders, #4B709B for secondary text, #9E4C2E as an accent and #1F3E61 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D0EFF0 and #D1D0F0 stays calm, while #F0E1D0 is the loudest partner.

What is #d0dff0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(13%, 7%, 0%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d0dff0 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 99 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D0D3F0; nudged cooler, #BCD2EB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d0dff0?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 22.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d0dff0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d0dff0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d0dff0] or text-[#d0dff0], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d0dff0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 223, 240, 0.5), or #d0dff080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8EFF8; over black, #687078.

Is #d0dff0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCFF, ΔE2000 12.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d0dff0 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d0dff0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0F4FA, #d0dff0 45%, #1F3E61). For more colour, a short hue run to #C6B9E9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d0dff0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d0dff0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.