Recognised as Colour

#DBDDEF

#DBDDEF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DBDDEF is a blue with RGB values 219, 221, 239 and HSL 234°, 38%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBDDEF#DBDDEF

HEX#DBDDEF

RGBrgb(219, 221, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8667, 0.9373

RGB percentages85.9%, 86.7%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(234, 38.5%, 89.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234, 8.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK8.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,409,199

CSS custom property--colour: #DBDDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#242210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9DFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DDEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D7E0E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4 Light grey · ΔE 10.2 Alice blue · ΔE 10.7 Ghost white · ΔE 11 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.58, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFEDDB

Analogous#DBE7EF, #E3DBEF

Triadic#EFDBDD, #DDEFDB

Split complementary#EFE3DB, #E7EFDB

Tetradic#EFDBE7, #EFEDDB, #DBEFE3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFF

Darker −10%#B8BCDF

Darker −20%#949AD0

Darker −30%#7179C0

Darker −40%#4E58B0

More saturated +25%#D4D8F6

Less saturated −25%#E1E2E8

Channel breakdown

R219

G221

B239

Red219 (85.9%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue234°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness89.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G DD · B EF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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