Colour

#DCE5FD

#DCE5FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCE5FD is a blue with RGB values 220, 229, 253 and HSL 224°, 89%, 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

#DCE5FD#DCE5FD

HEX#DCE5FD

RGBrgb(220, 229, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.898, 0.9922

RGB percentages86.3%, 89.8%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(223.6, 89.2%, 92.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 13%, 99.2%)

CMYK13%, 9.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,476,797

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.67:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#231A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE7FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D5E9EDno 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 text16.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.7 Alice blue · ΔE 10.9 Ghost white · ΔE 11.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.1 Lavender blush · ΔE 13.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.73, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDF4DC

Analogous#DCF6FD, #E4DCFD

Triadic#FDDCE5, #E5FDDC

Split complementary#FDE4DC, #F6FDDC

Tetradic#FDDCF6, #FDF4DC, #DCFDE4

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%#ACC1FA

Darker −20%#7C9DF7

Darker −30%#4B79F5

Darker −40%#1B56F2

More saturated +25%#DAE4FF

Less saturated −25%#E1E7F8

Channel breakdown

R220

G229

B253

Red220 (86.3%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)89.19%

Lightness92.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G E5 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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