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Recognised as Colour

#DCE5FC

  • #DCE5FC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCE5FC is a blue with RGB values 220, 229, 252 and HSL 223°, 84%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE5FC#DCE5FC
HEX#DCE5FC
RGBrgb(220, 229, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.898, 0.9882
RGB percentages86.3%, 89.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(223.1, 84.2%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.1, 12.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK12.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,476,796
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE5FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78283WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.66:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#231A03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE6FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE4FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D5E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.5Alice blue · ΔE 10.5Ghost white · ΔE 11.2Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Lavender blush · ΔE 13.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.5, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCF3DC
Analogous#DCF5FC, #E3DCFC
Triadic#FCDCE5, #E5FCDC
Split complementary#FCE3DC, #F5FCDC
Tetradic#FCDCF5, #FCF3DC, #DCFCE3

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%#ADC2F8
Darker −20%#7E9FF4
Darker −30%#4F7CF0
Darker −40%#2059EC
More saturated +25%#D9E4FF
Less saturated −25%#E1E7F7

Channel breakdown

R220
G229
B252
Red220 (86.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue223.13°
Saturation (HSL)84.21%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E5 · B FC

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