Colour

#DDE6F4

#DDE6F4
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DDE6F4 is a blue with RGB values 221, 230, 244 and HSL 217°, 51%, 91%. 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

#DDE6F4#DDE6F4

HEX#DDE6F4

RGBrgb(221, 230, 244)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.902, 0.9569

RGB percentages86.7%, 90.2%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(216.5, 51.1%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(216.5, 9.4%, 95.7%)

CMYK9.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,542,580

CSS custom property--colour: #DDE6F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.7:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#22190B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E6F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFE4F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D8E9EAno 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 text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.5 Alice blue · ΔE 7.2 Ghost white · ΔE 8.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 8.5 White smoke · ΔE 9.6 Light grey · ΔE 10.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.53, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F4EBDD

Analogous#DDF2F4, #E0DDF4

Triadic#F4DDE6, #E6F4DD

Split complementary#F4E0DD, #F2F4DD

Tetradic#F4DDF2, #F4EBDD, #DDF4E0

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%#B6CAE8

Darker −20%#90ADDB

Darker −30%#6991CF

Darker −40%#4375C2

More saturated +25%#D7E5FA

Less saturated −25%#E3E7EE

Channel breakdown

R221

G230

B244

Red221 (86.7%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue216.52°

Saturation (HSL)51.11%

Lightness91.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G E6 · B F4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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