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Colour

#DCE9FB

  • #DCE9FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCE9FB is a blue with RGB values 220, 233, 251 and HSL 215°, 79%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCE9FB#DCE9FB
HEX#DCE9FB
RGBrgb(220, 233, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9137, 0.9843
RGB percentages86.3%, 91.4%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(214.8, 79.5%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.8, 12.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK12.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,477,819
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.09:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#231604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E9FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E6FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D5EDEFno 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 text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.6Alice blue · ΔE 7.9Ghost white · ΔE 9.2Gainsboro · ΔE 11White smoke · ΔE 11.2Azure · ΔE 11.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.57, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBEEDC
Analogous#DCF8FB, #DFDCFB
Triadic#FBDCE9, #E9FBDC
Split complementary#FBDFDC, #F8FBDC
Tetradic#FBDCF8, #FBEEDC, #DCFBDF

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%#AECCF6
Darker −20%#80AFF1
Darker −30%#5393EB
Darker −40%#2576E6
More saturated +25%#D8E8FF
Less saturated −25%#E1EAF6

Channel breakdown

R220
G233
B251
Red220 (86.3%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue214.84°
Saturation (HSL)79.49%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G E9 · B FB

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