Recognised as Colour

#DAE6FC

#DAE6FC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DAE6FC is a blue with RGB values 218, 230, 252 and HSL 219°, 85%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DAE6FC#DAE6FC

HEX#DAE6FC

RGBrgb(218, 230, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.902, 0.9882

RGB percentages85.5%, 90.2%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(218.8, 85%, 92.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.8, 13.5%, 98.8%)

CMYK13.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,345,980

CSS custom property--colour: #DAE6FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.71:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#251903

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE7FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE4FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D2EAEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.2 Alice blue · ΔE 10 Ghost white · ΔE 11 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1 White smoke · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.22, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FCF0DA

Analogous#DAF7FC, #DFDAFC

Triadic#FCDAE6, #E6FCDA

Split complementary#FCDFDA, #F7FCDA

Tetradic#FCDAF7, #FCF0DA, #DAFCDF

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%#ABC6F8

Darker −20%#7CA6F4

Darker −30%#4C86F1

Darker −40%#1D67ED

More saturated +25%#D7E5FF

Less saturated −25%#DFE7F7

Channel breakdown

R218

G230

B252

Red218 (85.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue218.82°

Saturation (HSL)85%

Lightness92.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G E6 · B FC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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