Colour

#DCE8F9

#DCE8F9
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DCE8F9 is a blue with RGB values 220, 232, 249 and HSL 215°, 71%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE8F9#DCE8F9

HEX#DCE8F9

RGBrgb(220, 232, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9098, 0.9765

RGB percentages86.3%, 91%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(215.2, 70.7%, 92%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 11.6%, 97.6%)

CMYK11.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,477,561

CSS custom property--colour: #DCE8F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.95:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#231706

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E8FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFE6F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#D5ECEDno 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 text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.4 Alice blue · ΔE 7.8 Ghost white · ΔE 9 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.3 White smoke · ΔE 10.8 Azure · ΔE 11.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.43, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9EDDC

Analogous#DCF7F9, #DFDCF9

Triadic#F9DCE8, #E8F9DC

Split complementary#F9DFDC, #F7F9DC

Tetradic#F9DCF7, #F9EDDC, #DCF9DF

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%#B0CBF2

Darker −20%#85AFEA

Darker −30%#5992E3

Darker −40%#2E76DB

More saturated +25%#D7E7FE

Less saturated −25%#E1E9F4

Channel breakdown

R220

G232

B249

Red220 (86.3%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue215.17°

Saturation (HSL)70.73%

Lightness91.96%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G E8 · B F9

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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