Recognised as Colour

#DEDAF3

#DEDAF3
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DEDAF3 is a blue with RGB values 222, 218, 243 and HSL 250°, 51%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEDAF3#DEDAF3

HEX#DEDAF3

RGBrgb(222, 218, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8549, 0.9529

RGB percentages87.1%, 85.5%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(249.6, 51%, 90.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(249.6, 10.3%, 95.3%)

CMYK8.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,605,043

CSS custom property--colour: #DEDAF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.43:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#21250C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5DDF4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5DCF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#DADEE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.9 Thistle · ΔE 11 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2 Light grey · ΔE 13.6 Ghost white · ΔE 13.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.89, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EFF3DA

Analogous#DAE2F3, #EADAF3

Triadic#F3DEDA, #DAF3DE

Split complementary#F3EADA, #E2F3DA

Tetradic#F3DAE2, #EFF3DA, #DAF3EA

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%#BCB3E7

Darker −20%#998DDA

Darker −30%#7766CE

Darker −40%#5540C1

More saturated +25%#DAD4F9

Less saturated −25%#E2E0ED

Channel breakdown

R222

G218

B243

Red222 (87.1%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue249.6°

Saturation (HSL)51.02%

Lightness90.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G DA · B F3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#DEDAF3

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else