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Recognised as Colour

#DCE9F0

  • #DCE9F0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DCE9F0 is a blue with RGB values 220, 233, 240 and HSL 201°, 40%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DCE9F0#DCE9F0
HEX#DCE9F0
RGBrgb(220, 233, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9137, 0.9412
RGB percentages86.3%, 91.4%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(201, 40%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 8.3%, 94.1%)
CMYK8.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,808
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE9F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.96:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#23160F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E8F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E6F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D7EBEBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 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 text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.9Gainsboro · ΔE 6.9White smoke · ΔE 7.6Ghost white · ΔE 7.6Azure · ΔE 8.2Lavender · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0E3DC
Analogous#DCF0ED, #DCDFF0
Triadic#F0DCE9, #E9F0DC
Split complementary#F0DCDF, #F0EDDC
Tetradic#EDDCF0, #F0E3DC, #DFF0DC

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%#B8D3E1
Darker −20%#95BCD1
Darker −30%#71A6C2
Darker −40%#4D8FB3
More saturated +25%#D6EBF6
Less saturated −25%#E2E7EA

Channel breakdown

R220
G233
B240
Red220 (86.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue201°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E9 · B F0

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