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Recognised as Colour

#DCE2EF

  • #DCE2EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCE2EF is a blue with RGB values 220, 226, 239 and HSL 221°, 37%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE2EF#DCE2EF
HEX#DCE2EF
RGBrgb(220, 226, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8863, 0.9373
RGB percentages86.3%, 88.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(221.1, 37.3%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 7.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,476,015
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE2EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#231D10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE3F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE1EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D8E4E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 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 text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.7Gainsboro · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 8.1Light grey · ΔE 8.8Ghost white · ΔE 8.8White smoke · ΔE 9.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.68, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE9DC
Analogous#DCEBEF, #E0DCEF
Triadic#EFDCE2, #E2EFDC
Split complementary#EFE0DC, #EBEFDC
Tetradic#EFDCEB, #EFE9DC, #DCEFE0

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%#B9C5DF
Darker −20%#96A8CF
Darker −30%#738BBF
Darker −40%#506EAF
More saturated +25%#D6E0F5
Less saturated −25%#E2E4E9

Channel breakdown

R220
G226
B239
Red220 (86.3%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue221.05°
Saturation (HSL)37.25%
Lightness90%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E2 · B EF

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