HEX atlas value

#D6EAF8

#D6EAF8 is a cool blue HEX color nearest Milk Blue. RGB 214, 234, 248, HSL 205° 71% 91%, luminance 0.7992; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool light pastel

#D6EAF8 Sample readable text

HEX #D6EAF8

RGB rgb(214, 234, 248)

HSL hsl(205 71% 91%)

CMYK cmyk(14, 6, 0, 3)

Luminance 0.7992

Contrast Black 16.98:1White 1.24:1

CSS

--color-d6eaf8: #D6EAF8;
.background-d6eaf8 { background-color: #D6EAF8; }
.text-d6eaf8 { color: #D6EAF8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D6EAF8

#D6EAF8 is classified as a cool blue value with light and pastel visual character. #D6EAF8 is visually closest to Milk Blue, a named blue color with HEX #D6EAF8.

The RGB channels are 214, 234, and 248, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 205deg with 71% saturation and 91% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.7992, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.98:1AA Pass

White text1.24:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D6EAF8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.98:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.24:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #D8F8F6#D8F8F6 · #000000 text · best 18.68:1 Ice Blue#D6F5FF · #000000 text · best 18.36:1 #D3ECFD#D3ECFD · #000000 text · best 17.19:1 #F8E5D8#F8E5D8 · #000000 text · best 17.19:1

Generated Palette

Milk Blue#D6EAF8

#F8E5D8#F8E5D8

#D8F8F6#D8F8F6

#D8DAF8#D8DAF8

White#FFFFFF

#89C2EB#89C2EB

Color Harmonies

#F8E5D8#F8E5D8

#D8F8F6#D8F8F6

#D8DAF8#D8DAF8

#F8D8EB#F8D8EB

#EBF8D8#EBF8D8

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#89C2EB#89C2EB

#D3ECFD#D3ECFD

#DDEAF3#DDEAF3

White#FFFFFF

#FAFDFF#FAFDFF

Nearest Named Colors

Milk Blue#D6EAF8

Ice Blue#D6F5FF

Lavender#E6E6FA

Arctic Blue#C6E6FB

Moonstone#D9E6E8

Luminance0.7992

Black text16.98:1AA Pass

White text1.24:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D6EAF8","rgb":[214,234,248],"hsl":[205,71,91],"cmyk":[14,6,0,3],"luminance":0.7992,"contrast":{"black":16.98,"white":1.24}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.98,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.24,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D8F8F6","hex":"#D8F8F6","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.68,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Ice Blue","hex":"#D6F5FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.36,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D3ECFD","hex":"#D3ECFD","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.19,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F8E5D8","hex":"#F8E5D8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.19,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","light","pastel","light blue","pastel blue","Milk Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d6eaf8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/milk-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ice-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lavender.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F8E5D8","analogous":["#D8F8F6","#D8DAF8"],"triadic":["#F8D8EB","#EBF8D8"],"tetradic":["#F6D8F8","#F8E5D8","#DAF8D8"],"splitComplementary":["#F8D8DA","#F8F6D8"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#D6EAF8","#89C2EB"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#89C2EB","saturated":"#D3ECFD","desaturated":"#DDEAF3","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FAFDFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"milk-blue","name":"Milk Blue","hex":"#D6EAF8","distance":0},{"slug":"ice-blue","name":"Ice Blue","hex":"#D6F5FF","distance":13.038404810405298},{"slug":"lavender","name":"Lavender","hex":"#E6E6FA","distance":16.61324772583615},{"slug":"arctic-blue","name":"Arctic Blue","hex":"#C6E6FB","distance":16.76305461424021},{"slug":"moonstone","name":"Moonstone","hex":"#D9E6E8","distance":16.76305461424021}]

#D6EAF8

CSS

About #D6EAF8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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