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Recognised as Colour

#DCDCFE

  • #DCDCFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCDCFE is a blue with RGB values 220, 220, 254 and HSL 240°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCDCFE#DCDCFE
HEX#DCDCFE
RGBrgb(220, 220, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8627, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.3%, 86.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(240, 94.4%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 13.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK13.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,474,494
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDCFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73558WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.71:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#232301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D5E1E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8Light steelblue · ΔE 13Thistle · ΔE 13.1Ghost white · ΔE 16.8Alice blue · ΔE 16.8Lavender blush · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEFEDC
Analogous#DCEDFE, #EDDCFE
Triadic#FEDCDC, #DCFEDC
Split complementary#FEEDDC, #EDFEDC
Tetradic#FEDCED, #FEFEDC, #DCFEED

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%#AAAAFD
Darker −20%#7979FB
Darker −30%#4747FA
Darker −40%#1616F8
More saturated +25%#DBDBFF
Less saturated −25%#E0E0FA

Channel breakdown

R220
G220
B254
Red220 (86.3%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G DC · B FE

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