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Recognised as Colour

#DBE4FA

  • #DBE4FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DBE4FA is a blue with RGB values 219, 228, 250 and HSL 223°, 76%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBE4FA#DBE4FA
HEX#DBE4FA
RGBrgb(219, 228, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8941, 0.9804
RGB percentages85.9%, 89.4%, 98%
HSLhsl(222.6, 75.6%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.6, 12.4%, 98%)
CMYK12.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,411,002
CSS custom property--colour: #DBE4FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.49:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#241B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE5FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE3F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D4E8EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 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 text16.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.4Alice blue · ΔE 10.3Ghost white · ΔE 11Gainsboro · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Light grey · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.45, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAF1DB
Analogous#DBF4FA, #E1DBFA
Triadic#FADBE4, #E4FADB
Split complementary#FAE1DB, #F4FADB
Tetradic#FADBF4, #FAF1DB, #DBFAE1

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%#AEC2F4
Darker −20%#81A1EE
Darker −30%#557FE7
Darker −40%#285EE1
More saturated +25%#D6E2FF
Less saturated −25%#E0E6F5

Channel breakdown

R219
G228
B250
Red219 (85.9%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue222.58°
Saturation (HSL)75.61%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G E4 · B FA

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