Recognised as Colour

#DBE5FC

#DBE5FC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DBE5FC is a blue with RGB values 219, 229, 252 and HSL 222°, 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

#DBE5FC#DBE5FC

HEX#DBE5FC

RGBrgb(219, 229, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.898, 0.9882

RGB percentages85.9%, 89.8%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(221.8, 84.6%, 92.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.8, 13.1%, 98.8%)

CMYK13.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,411,260

CSS custom property--colour: #DBE5FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.63:1

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

Contrast with black16.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#241A03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE3FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D4E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 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 text16.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8 Alice blue · ΔE 10.5 Ghost white · ΔE 11.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 13 White smoke · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.8, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FCF2DB

Analogous#DBF6FC, #E2DBFC

Triadic#FCDBE5, #E5FCDB

Split complementary#FCE2DB, #F6FCDB

Tetradic#FCDBF6, #FCF2DB, #DBFCE2

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%#ACC3F8

Darker −20%#7DA1F4

Darker −30%#4E7FF0

Darker −40%#1F5DEC

More saturated +25%#D8E4FF

Less saturated −25%#E0E7F7

Channel breakdown

R219

G229

B252

Red219 (85.9%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue221.82°

Saturation (HSL)84.62%

Lightness92.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G E5 · B FC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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