Recognised as Colour

#DCE1F3

#DCE1F3
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCE1F3 is a blue with RGB values 220, 225, 243 and HSL 227°, 49%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE1F3#DCE1F3

HEX#DCE1F3

RGBrgb(220, 225, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8824, 0.9529

RGB percentages86.3%, 88.2%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(227, 48.9%, 90.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227, 9.5%, 95.3%)

CMYK9.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,475,763

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE1F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#231E0C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCE2F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBE1F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D7E4E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3 Alice blue · ΔE 9.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.7 Ghost white · ΔE 10.1 Light grey · ΔE 10.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.97, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F3EEDC

Analogous#DCECF3, #E3DCF3

Triadic#F3DCE1, #E1F3DC

Split complementary#F3E3DC, #ECF3DC

Tetradic#F3DCEC, #F3EEDC, #DCF3E3

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%#B6C0E6

Darker −20%#90A0D9

Darker −30%#6A7FCC

Darker −40%#445FBF

More saturated +25%#D6DEF9

Less saturated −25%#E2E4ED

Channel breakdown

R220

G225

B243

Red220 (86.3%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue226.96°

Saturation (HSL)48.94%

Lightness90.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G E1 · B F3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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