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Recognised as Colour

#DDE5FA

  • #DDE5FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDE5FA is a blue with RGB values 221, 229, 250 and HSL 223°, 74%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DDE5FA#DDE5FA
HEX#DDE5FA
RGBrgb(221, 229, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.898, 0.9804
RGB percentages86.7%, 89.8%, 98%
HSLhsl(223.4, 74.4%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.4, 11.6%, 98%)
CMYK11.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,542,330
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.66:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#221A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE6FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D7E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.9Alice blue · ΔE 9.6Ghost white · ΔE 10.3Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6White smoke · ΔE 12.5Lavender blush · ΔE 12.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.9, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAF2DD
Analogous#DDF3FA, #E3DDFA
Triadic#FADDE5, #E5FADD
Split complementary#FAE3DD, #F3FADD
Tetradic#FADDF4, #FAF2DD, #DDFAE4

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%#B1C3F3
Darker −20%#84A1ED
Darker −30%#587FE6
Darker −40%#2B5DE0
More saturated +25%#D8E3FF
Less saturated −25%#E2E7F5

Channel breakdown

R221
G229
B250
Red221 (86.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue223.45°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G E5 · B FA

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