Colour

#DCE5FF

#DCE5FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCE5FF is a blue with RGB values 220, 229, 255 and HSL 225°, 100%, 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

#DCE5FF#DCE5FF

HEX#DCE5FF

RGBrgb(220, 229, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.898, 1

RGB percentages86.3%, 89.8%, 100%

HSLhsl(224.6, 100%, 93.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.6, 13.7%, 100%)

CMYK13.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,476,799

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.69:1

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

Contrast with black16.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#231A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBE4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D4EAEDno 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 text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.3 Alice blue · ΔE 11.7 Ghost white · ΔE 12.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1 Lavender blush · ΔE 14.5

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.35, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFF6DC

Analogous#DCF7FF, #E5DCFF

Triadic#FFDCE5, #E5FFDC

Split complementary#FFE5DC, #F7FFDC

Tetradic#FFDCF7, #FFF6DC, #DCFFE4

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%#A9BFFF

Darker −20%#7699FF

Darker −30%#4373FF

Darker −40%#104DFF

More saturated +25%#DCE5FF

Less saturated −25%#E0E7FB

Channel breakdown

R220

G229

B255

Red220 (86.3%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue224.57°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness93.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G E5 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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