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Colour

#DCE4FF

  • #DCE4FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCE4FF is a blue with RGB values 220, 228, 255 and HSL 226°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE4FF#DCE4FF
HEX#DCE4FF
RGBrgb(220, 228, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8941, 1
RGB percentages86.3%, 89.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(226.3, 100%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.3, 13.7%, 100%)
CMYK13.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,476,543
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE4FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#231B00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAE3FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D4E9EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6Alice blue · ΔE 12.3Ghost white · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Gainsboro · ΔE 14.5Lavender blush · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.59, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF7DC
Analogous#DCF6FF, #E5DCFF
Triadic#FFDCE4, #E4FFDC
Split complementary#FFE6DC, #F6FFDC
Tetradic#FFDCF6, #FFF7DC, #DCFFE6

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%#A9BDFF
Darker −20%#7695FF
Darker −30%#436EFF
Darker −40%#1047FF
More saturated +25%#DCE4FF
Less saturated −25%#E0E6FB

Channel breakdown

R220
G228
B255
Red220 (86.3%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue226.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E4 · B FF

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