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Recognised as Colour

#DBE6FA

  • #DBE6FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DBE6FA is a blue with RGB values 219, 230, 250 and HSL 219°, 76%, 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

#DBE6FA#DBE6FA
HEX#DBE6FA
RGBrgb(219, 230, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.902, 0.9804
RGB percentages85.9%, 90.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(218.7, 75.6%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.7, 12.4%, 98%)
CMYK12.4%, 8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,411,514
CSS custom property--colour: #DBE6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.2 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#241905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E7FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D4EAECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 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 text16.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8Alice blue · ΔE 9.2Ghost white · ΔE 10.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4White smoke · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 12.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.81, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAEFDB
Analogous#DBF5FA, #E0DBFA
Triadic#FADBE6, #E6FADB
Split complementary#FADFDB, #F6FADB
Tetradic#FADBF5, #FAEFDB, #DBFADF

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%#AEC7F4
Darker −20%#81A8EE
Darker −30%#5589E7
Darker −40%#286AE1
More saturated +25%#D6E5FF
Less saturated −25%#E0E7F5

Channel breakdown

R219
G230
B250
Red219 (85.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue218.71°
Saturation (HSL)75.61%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G E6 · B FA

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