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Recognised as Colour

#DDE8FE

  • #DDE8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DDE8FE is a blue with RGB values 221, 232, 254 and HSL 220°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DDE8FE#DDE8FE
HEX#DDE8FE
RGBrgb(221, 232, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9098, 0.9961
RGB percentages86.7%, 91%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(220, 94.3%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 13%, 99.6%)
CMYK13%, 8.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,543,102
CSS custom property--colour: #DDE8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.05:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#221701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D5ECEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.8Alice blue · ΔE 9.5Ghost white · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 12.6White smoke · ΔE 12.8Lavender blush · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.81, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF3DD
Analogous#DDF9FE, #E3DDFE
Triadic#FEDDE8, #E8FEDD
Split complementary#FEE3DD, #F9FEDD
Tetradic#FEDDF9, #FEF3DD, #DDFEE3

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%#ABC6FD
Darker −20%#7AA5FB
Darker −30%#4883FA
Darker −40%#1762F8
More saturated +25%#DCE8FF
Less saturated −25%#E1E9FA

Channel breakdown

R221
G232
B254
Red221 (86.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G E8 · B FE

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