Recognised as Colour

#DCDEF3

#DCDEF3
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCDEF3 is a blue with RGB values 220, 222, 243 and HSL 235°, 49%, 91%. 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

#DCDEF3#DCDEF3

HEX#DCDEF3

RGBrgb(220, 222, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8706, 0.9529

RGB percentages86.3%, 87.1%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(234.8, 48.9%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.8, 9.5%, 95.3%)

CMYK9.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,474,995

CSS custom property--colour: #DCDEF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.79:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#23210C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9E0F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DFF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#D7E1E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 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 text15.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 11 Alice blue · ΔE 11.3 Ghost white · ΔE 11.5 Light grey · ΔE 11.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.07, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F3F1DC

Analogous#DCE9F3, #E6DCF3

Triadic#F3DCDE, #DEF3DC

Split complementary#F3E6DC, #EAF3DC

Tetradic#F3DCE9, #F3F1DC, #DCF3E6

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%#B6BAE6

Darker −20%#9096D9

Darker −30%#6A73CC

Darker −40%#444FBF

More saturated +25%#D6D9F9

Less saturated −25%#E2E3ED

Channel breakdown

R220

G222

B243

Red220 (86.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue234.78°

Saturation (HSL)48.94%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G DE · B F3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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