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Recognised as Colour

#DEDDEF

  • #DEDDEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEDDEF is a blue with RGB values 222, 221, 239 and HSL 243°, 36%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEDDEF#DEDDEF
HEX#DEDDEF
RGBrgb(222, 221, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8667, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 86.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(243.3, 36%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.3, 7.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,605,807
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#212210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9DFF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DEEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DBE0E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.3Gainsboro · ΔE 9.4Light grey · ΔE 10.3Ghost white · ΔE 10.8Alice blue · ΔE 10.8Lavender blush · ΔE 11.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.31, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEEFDD
Analogous#DDE5EF, #E7DDEF
Triadic#EFDEDD, #DDEFDE
Split complementary#EFE7DD, #E5EFDD
Tetradic#EFDDE5, #EEEFDD, #DDEFE7

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%#BCBADF
Darker −20%#9B98CE
Darker −30%#7975BE
Darker −40%#5752AE
More saturated +25%#D8D7F5
Less saturated −25%#E4E3E9

Channel breakdown

R222
G221
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue243.33°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G DD · B EF

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