Colour

#DBE7FE

#DBE7FE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DBE7FE is a blue with RGB values 219, 231, 254 and HSL 219°, 95%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBE7FE#DBE7FE

HEX#DBE7FE

RGBrgb(219, 231, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.9059, 0.9961

RGB percentages85.9%, 90.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(219.4, 94.6%, 92.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(219.4, 13.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK13.8%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,411,774

CSS custom property--colour: #DBE7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.87:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#241801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D3EBEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.3 Alice blue · ΔE 10.2 Ghost white · ΔE 11.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 13 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4 White smoke · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.29, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEF2DB

Analogous#DBF9FE, #E1DBFE

Triadic#FEDBE7, #E7FEDB

Split complementary#FEE1DB, #F9FEDB

Tetradic#FEDBF9, #FEF2DB, #DBFEE1

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%#A9C6FD

Darker −20%#78A5FB

Darker −30%#4684FA

Darker −40%#1563F8

More saturated +25%#DAE7FF

Less saturated −25%#E0E8F9

Channel breakdown

R219

G231

B254

Red219 (85.9%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue219.43°

Saturation (HSL)94.59%

Lightness92.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G E7 · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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