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Recognised as Colour

#DCEEFB

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

#DCEEFB is a blue with RGB values 220, 238, 251 and HSL 205°, 79%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DCEEFB#DCEEFB
HEX#DCEEFB
RGBrgb(220, 238, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9333, 0.9843
RGB percentages86.3%, 93.3%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(205.2, 79.5%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.2, 12.4%, 98.4%)
CMYK12.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,479,099
CSS custom property--colour: #DCEEFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8333WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.67:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#231104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9EDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4EAFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D4F1F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 6Lavender · ΔE 7.4Ghost white · ΔE 8.2Azure · ΔE 8.9Light cyan · ΔE 9.4White smoke · ΔE 9.6
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBE9DC
Analogous#DCFBF8, #DCDFFB
Triadic#FBDCEE, #EEFBDC
Split complementary#FBDCDF, #FBF8DC
Tetradic#F8DCFB, #FBE9DC, #DFFBDC

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%#AED8F6
Darker −20%#80C2F1
Darker −30%#53ABEB
Darker −40%#2595E6
More saturated +25%#D8EFFF
Less saturated −25%#E1EDF6

Channel breakdown

R220
G238
B251
Red220 (86.3%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue205.16°
Saturation (HSL)79.49%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G EE · B FB

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