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Recognised as Colour

#DCE7F9

  • #DCE7F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCE7F9 is a blue with RGB values 220, 231, 249 and HSL 217°, 71%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE7F9#DCE7F9
HEX#DCE7F9
RGBrgb(220, 231, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9059, 0.9765
RGB percentages86.3%, 90.6%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(217.2, 70.7%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 11.6%, 97.6%)
CMYK11.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,305
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE7F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.84:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#231806

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E8FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE5F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#D5EBEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.9Alice blue · ΔE 8.2Ghost white · ΔE 9.3Gainsboro · ΔE 10.6White smoke · ΔE 11.2Light grey · ΔE 12
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.95, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9EEDC
Analogous#DCF6F9, #E0DCF9
Triadic#F9DCE7, #E7F9DC
Split complementary#F9E0DC, #F6F9DC
Tetradic#F9DCF6, #F9EEDC, #DCF9E0

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%#B0C9F2
Darker −20%#85ABEA
Darker −30%#598DE3
Darker −40%#2E70DB
More saturated +25%#D7E6FE
Less saturated −25%#E1E8F4

Channel breakdown

R220
G231
B249
Red220 (86.3%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue217.24°
Saturation (HSL)70.73%
Lightness91.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E7 · B F9

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