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Recognised as Colour

#DCEBF3

  • #DCEBF3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DCEBF3 is a blue with RGB values 220, 235, 243 and HSL 201°, 49%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DCEBF3#DCEBF3
HEX#DCEBF3
RGBrgb(220, 235, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9216, 0.9529
RGB percentages86.3%, 92.2%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(200.9, 48.9%, 90.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.9, 9.5%, 95.3%)
CMYK9.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,478,323
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEBF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.22:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#23140C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7EAF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4E7F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D6EDEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.6Ghost white · ΔE 7.6White smoke · ΔE 7.9Gainsboro · ΔE 7.9Azure · ΔE 7.9Lavender · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3E4DC
Analogous#DCF3EF, #DCE0F3
Triadic#F3DCEB, #EBF3DC
Split complementary#F3DCE0, #F3F0DC
Tetradic#EFDCF3, #F3E4DC, #E0F3DC

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%#B6D5E6
Darker −20%#90C0D9
Darker −30%#6AAACC
Darker −40%#4494BF
More saturated +25%#D6EDF9
Less saturated −25%#E2E9ED

Channel breakdown

R220
G235
B243
Red220 (86.3%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue200.87°
Saturation (HSL)48.94%
Lightness90.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G EB · B F3

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