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Colour

#DCF0FF

  • #DCF0FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DCF0FF is a blue with RGB values 220, 240, 255 and HSL 206°, 100%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DCF0FF#DCF0FF
HEX#DCF0FF
RGBrgb(220, 240, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.9412, 1
RGB percentages86.3%, 94.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(205.7, 100%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.7, 13.7%, 100%)
CMYK13.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,479,615
CSS custom property--colour: #DCF0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84756WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness236 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.95:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EDEDED
Inverted#230F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAEFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5EBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D3F4F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 6.6Lavender · ΔE 7.6Ghost white · ΔE 8.8Azure · ΔE 9.4Light cyan · ΔE 9.7White smoke · ΔE 10.5
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFEBDC
Analogous#DCFFFD, #DCDEFF
Triadic#FFDCF0, #F0FFDC
Split complementary#FFDCDE, #FFFDDC
Tetradic#FDDCFF, #FFEBDC, #DFFFDC

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%#A9DAFF
Darker −20%#76C4FF
Darker −30%#43AEFF
Darker −40%#1099FF
More saturated +25%#DCF0FF
Less saturated −25%#E0EFFB

Channel breakdown

R220
G240
B255
Red220 (86.3%)
Green240 (94.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue205.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G F0 · B FF

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