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Recognised as Colour

#DDEEF9

  • #DDEEF9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DDEEF9 is a blue with RGB values 221, 238, 249 and HSL 204°, 70%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DDEEF9#DDEEF9
HEX#DDEEF9
RGBrgb(221, 238, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.9333, 0.9765
RGB percentages86.7%, 93.3%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(203.6, 70%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203.6, 11.2%, 97.6%)
CMYK11.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,544,633
CSS custom property--colour: #DDEEF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83361WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.67:1
Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#221106

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9EDFAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5EAF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D6F1F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.4Ghost white · ΔE 7.6Lavender · ΔE 7.7Azure · ΔE 8.1White smoke · ΔE 8.7Light cyan · ΔE 8.9
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9E8DD
Analogous#DDF9F6, #DDE0F9
Triadic#F9DDEE, #EEF9DD
Split complementary#F9DDE0, #F9F6DD
Tetradic#F6DDF9, #F9E8DD, #E0F9DD

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%#B2D8F1
Darker −20%#86C3EA
Darker −30%#5BADE2
Darker −40%#3097DA
More saturated +25%#D8EFFE
Less saturated −25%#E2EDF4

Channel breakdown

R221
G238
B249
Red221 (86.7%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue203.57°
Saturation (HSL)70%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DD · G EE · B F9

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