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Recognised as Colour

#DAE5FC

  • #DAE5FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DAE5FC is a blue with RGB values 218, 229, 252 and HSL 221°, 85%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DAE5FC#DAE5FC
HEX#DAE5FC
RGBrgb(218, 229, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.898, 0.9882
RGB percentages85.5%, 89.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(220.6, 85%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 13.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK13.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,345,724
CSS custom property--colour: #DAE5FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77972WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.59:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#251A03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE3FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D2E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.1Alice blue · ΔE 10.6Ghost white · ΔE 11.4Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 13.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.11, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCF1DA
Analogous#DAF6FC, #E0DAFC
Triadic#FCDAE5, #E5FCDA
Split complementary#FCE0DA, #F6FCDA
Tetradic#FCDAF6, #FCF1DA, #DAFCE0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#ABC4F8
Darker −20%#7CA3F4
Darker −30%#4C82F1
Darker −40%#1D60ED
More saturated +25%#D7E4FF
Less saturated −25%#DFE7F7

Channel breakdown

R218
G229
B252
Red218 (85.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue220.59°
Saturation (HSL)85%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G E5 · B FC

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