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Recognised as Colour

#DBE6FE

  • #DBE6FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DBE6FE is a blue with RGB values 219, 230, 254 and HSL 221°, 95%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBE6FE#DBE6FE
HEX#DBE6FE
RGBrgb(219, 230, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.902, 0.9961
RGB percentages85.9%, 90.2%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(221.1, 94.6%, 92.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 13.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK13.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,411,518
CSS custom property--colour: #DBE6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.76:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#241901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE4FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D3EBEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.2Alice blue · ΔE 10.8Ghost white · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Gainsboro · ΔE 13.3White smoke · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.23, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF3DB
Analogous#DBF8FE, #E2DBFE
Triadic#FEDBE6, #E6FEDB
Split complementary#FEE2DB, #F8FEDB
Tetradic#FEDBF8, #FEF3DB, #DBFEE2

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%#A9C4FD
Darker −20%#78A1FB
Darker −30%#467FFA
Darker −40%#155CF8
More saturated +25%#DAE6FF
Less saturated −25%#E0E8F9

Channel breakdown

R219
G230
B254
Red219 (85.9%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue221.14°
Saturation (HSL)94.59%
Lightness92.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G E6 · B FE

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