Recognised as Colour

#DCDDEB

#DCDDEB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCDDEB is a blue with RGB values 220, 221, 235 and HSL 236°, 27%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCDDEB#DCDDEB

HEX#DCDDEB

RGBrgb(220, 221, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8667, 0.9216

RGB percentages86.3%, 86.7%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(236, 27.3%, 89.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(236, 6.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK6.4%, 6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,731

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72927WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.59:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#232214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

Deuteranopia#D9DDEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D9DFE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 7.3 Light grey · ΔE 8.3 Alice blue · ΔE 9.9 Ghost white · ΔE 10.1 Lavender blush · ΔE 10.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.6, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBEADC

Analogous#DCE5EB, #E3DCEB

Triadic#EBDCDD, #DDEBDC

Split complementary#EBE3DC, #E4EBDC

Tetradic#EBDCE4, #EBEADC, #DCEBE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCFDFE

Darker −10%#BCBDD8

Darker −20%#9B9EC6

Darker −30%#7B7EB3

Darker −40%#5B60A0

More saturated +25%#D5D7F2

Less saturated −25%#E3E3E4

Channel breakdown

R220

G221

B235

Red220 (86.3%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue236°

Saturation (HSL)27.27%

Lightness89.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G DD · B EB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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