Recognised as Colour

#DCDBEF

#DCDBEF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCDBEF is a blue with RGB values 220, 219, 239 and HSL 243°, 38%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCDBEF#DCDBEF

HEX#DCDBEF

RGBrgb(220, 219, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8588, 0.9373

RGB percentages86.3%, 85.9%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(243, 38.5%, 89.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243, 8.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK7.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,223

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDBEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.42:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#232410

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7DDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6DCEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D8DEE1no 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 text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.5 Light grey · ΔE 11 Alice blue · ΔE 11.9 Ghost white · ΔE 11.9 Thistle · ΔE 12.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.82, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEEFDB

Analogous#DBE4EF, #E6DBEF

Triadic#EFDCDB, #DBEFDC

Split complementary#EFE6DB, #E4EFDB

Tetradic#EFDBE4, #EEEFDB, #DBEFE6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEFEFF

Darker −10%#BAB8DF

Darker −20%#9794D0

Darker −30%#7571C0

Darker −40%#534EB0

More saturated +25%#D6D4F6

Less saturated −25%#E2E1E8

Channel breakdown

R220

G219

B239

Red220 (86.3%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue243°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness89.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G DB · B EF

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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