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Recognised as Colour

#DCDDFE

  • #DCDDFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCDDFE is a blue with RGB values 220, 221, 254 and HSL 238°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCDDFE#DCDDFE
HEX#DCDDFE
RGBrgb(220, 221, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8667, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.3%, 86.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(238.2, 94.4%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 13.4%, 99.6%)
CMYK13.4%, 13%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,474,750
CSS custom property--colour: #DCDDFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74084WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#232201

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5E0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DEFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D5E2E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Thistle · ΔE 13.4Alice blue · ΔE 16.2Ghost white · ΔE 16.2Lavender blush · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEFDDC
Analogous#DCEEFE, #ECDCFE
Triadic#FEDCDD, #DDFEDC
Split complementary#FEECDC, #EEFEDC
Tetradic#FEDCEE, #FEFDDC, #DCFEEC

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%#AAADFD
Darker −20%#797DFB
Darker −30%#474CFA
Darker −40%#161CF8
More saturated +25%#DBDCFF
Less saturated −25%#E0E1FA

Channel breakdown

R220
G221
B254
Red220 (86.3%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue238.24°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G DD · B FE

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