Recognised as Colour

#DED5FC

#DED5FC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DED5FC is a blue with RGB values 222, 213, 252 and HSL 254°, 87%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DED5FC#DED5FC

HEX#DED5FC

RGBrgb(222, 213, 252)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8353, 0.9882

RGB percentages87.1%, 83.5%, 98.8%

HSLhsl(253.8, 86.7%, 91.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(253.8, 15.5%, 98.8%)

CMYK11.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,603,772

CSS custom property--colour: #DED5FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#212A03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CDDAFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CEDAFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D9DBE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.5 Lavender · ΔE 11.7 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8 Lavender blush · ΔE 20 Ghost white · ΔE 20.3 Alice blue · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F3FCD5

Analogous#D5E0FC, #F2D5FC

Triadic#FCDED5, #D5FCDE

Split complementary#FCF2D5, #E0FCD5

Tetradic#FCD5E0, #F3FCD5, #D5FCF2

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%#B9A5F9

Darker −20%#9376F5

Darker −30%#6E46F2

Darker −40%#4817EE

More saturated +25%#DCD2FF

Less saturated −25%#E1DBF6

Channel breakdown

R222

G213

B252

Red222 (87.1%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue252 (98.8%)

Hue253.85°

Saturation (HSL)86.67%

Lightness91.18%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G D5 · B FC

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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