Recognised as Colour

#DBE2F8

#DBE2F8
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DBE2F8 is a blue with RGB values 219, 226, 248 and HSL 226°, 67%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBE2F8#DBE2F8

HEX#DBE2F8

RGBrgb(219, 226, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8863, 0.9725

RGB percentages85.9%, 88.6%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(225.5, 67.4%, 91.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 11.7%, 97.3%)

CMYK11.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,410,488

CSS custom property--colour: #DBE2F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7623WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.25:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#241D07

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCE4F9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAE1F7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D5E6E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.2 Alice blue · ΔE 10.7 Ghost white · ΔE 11.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.5 Light grey · ΔE 12.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.18, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F8F1DB

Analogous#DBF1F8, #E3DBF8

Triadic#F8DBE2, #E2F8DB

Split complementary#F8E3DB, #F1F8DB

Tetradic#F8DBF1, #F8F1DB, #DBF8E3

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%#B0C0F0

Darker −20%#869DE7

Darker −30%#5B7BDF

Darker −40%#3058D7

More saturated +25%#D6DFFD

Less saturated −25%#E0E5F3

Channel breakdown

R219

G226

B248

Red219 (85.9%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue225.52°

Saturation (HSL)67.44%

Lightness91.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G E2 · B F8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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