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Recognised as Colour

#DDDEFE

  • #DDDEFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDDEFE is a blue with RGB values 221, 222, 254 and HSL 238°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DDDEFE#DDDEFE
HEX#DDDEFE
RGBrgb(221, 222, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8706, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.7%, 87.1%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(238.2, 94.3%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(238.2, 13%, 99.6%)
CMYK13%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,540,542
CSS custom property--colour: #DDDEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7477WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.95:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#222101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5DFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D6E3E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Thistle · ΔE 13.4Alice blue · ΔE 15.6Ghost white · ΔE 15.6Lavender blush · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEFDDD
Analogous#DDEEFE, #EDDDFE
Triadic#FEDDDE, #DEFEDD
Split complementary#FEEDDD, #EFFEDD
Tetradic#FEDDEE, #FEFDDD, #DDFEED

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%#ABAEFD
Darker −20%#7A7EFB
Darker −30%#484EFA
Darker −40%#171EF8
More saturated +25%#DCDDFF
Less saturated −25%#E1E2FA

Channel breakdown

R221
G222
B254
Red221 (86.7%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue238.18°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G DE · B FE

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