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Recognised as Colour

#DCEBF4

  • #DCEBF4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DCEBF4 is a blue with RGB values 220, 235, 244 and HSL 203°, 52%, 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

#DCEBF4#DCEBF4
HEX#DCEBF4
RGBrgb(220, 235, 244)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9216, 0.9569
RGB percentages86.3%, 92.2%, 95.7%
HSLhsl(202.5, 52.2%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202.5, 9.8%, 95.7%)
CMYK9.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,478,324
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEBF4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.23:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#23140B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7EAF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E7F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D6EDEEno 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 text17.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.6Ghost white · ΔE 7.6Lavender · ΔE 7.8White smoke · ΔE 8.1Gainsboro · ΔE 8.2Azure · ΔE 8.2
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F4E5DC
Analogous#DCF4F1, #DCDFF4
Triadic#F4DCEB, #EBF4DC
Split complementary#F4DCDF, #F4F1DC
Tetradic#F1DCF4, #F4E5DC, #DFF4DC

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%#B5D5E8
Darker −20%#8EBFDC
Darker −30%#68A8CF
Darker −40%#4192C3
More saturated +25%#D6ECFA
Less saturated −25%#E2EAEE

Channel breakdown

R220
G235
B244
Red220 (86.3%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue244 (95.7%)
Hue202.5°
Saturation (HSL)52.17%
Lightness90.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G EB · B F4

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