Recognised as Colour

#DDE1F4

#DDE1F4
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DDE1F4 is a blue with RGB values 221, 225, 244 and HSL 230°, 51%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DDE1F4#DDE1F4

HEX#DDE1F4

RGBrgb(221, 225, 244)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.8824, 0.9569

RGB percentages86.7%, 88.2%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(229.6, 51.1%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(229.6, 9.4%, 95.7%)

CMYK9.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,541,300

CSS custom property--colour: #DDE1F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.15:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#221E0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCE3F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBE1F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D8E4E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.5 Alice blue · ΔE 9.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.1 Ghost white · ΔE 10.3 Light grey · ΔE 11.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.55, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F4F0DD

Analogous#DDEDF4, #E5DDF4

Triadic#F4DDE1, #E1F4DD

Split complementary#F4E5DD, #EDF4DD

Tetradic#F4DDED, #F4F0DD, #DDF4E5

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%#B6BFE8

Darker −20%#909DDB

Darker −30%#697BCF

Darker −40%#4359C2

More saturated +25%#D7DDFA

Less saturated −25%#E3E5EE

Channel breakdown

R221

G225

B244

Red221 (86.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue229.57°

Saturation (HSL)51.11%

Lightness91.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G E1 · B F4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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