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Recognised as Colour

#DBE8FA

  • #DBE8FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DBE8FA is a blue with RGB values 219, 232, 250 and HSL 215°, 76%, 92%. 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

#DBE8FA#DBE8FA
HEX#DBE8FA
RGBrgb(219, 232, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.9098, 0.9804
RGB percentages85.9%, 91%, 98%
HSLhsl(214.8, 75.6%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.8, 12.4%, 98%)
CMYK12.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,412,026
CSS custom property--colour: #DBE8FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79675WCAG 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 16.94:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#241705

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E8FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE5FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D4ECEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 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 text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6Alice blue · ΔE 8.2Ghost white · ΔE 9.5Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9White smoke · ΔE 11.4Azure · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.58, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAEDDB
Analogous#DBF8FA, #DDDBFA
Triadic#FADBE8, #E8FADB
Split complementary#FADDDB, #F8FADB
Tetradic#FADBF8, #FAEDDB, #DBFADD

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%#AECBF4
Darker −20%#81AFEE
Darker −30%#5592E7
Darker −40%#2876E1
More saturated +25%#D6E7FF
Less saturated −25%#E0E9F5

Channel breakdown

R219
G232
B250
Red219 (85.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue214.84°
Saturation (HSL)75.61%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G E8 · B FA

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