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Colour

#DEDDFA

  • #DEDDFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEDDFA is a blue with RGB values 222, 221, 250 and HSL 242°, 74%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEDDFA#DEDDFA
HEX#DEDDFA
RGBrgb(222, 221, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8667, 0.9804
RGB percentages87.1%, 86.7%, 98%
HSLhsl(242.1, 74.4%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.1, 11.6%, 98%)
CMYK11.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,605,818
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDDFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.83:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#212205

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E0FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DFF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D9E2E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.6Thistle · ΔE 12.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Ghost white · ΔE 14.5Alice blue · ΔE 14.6Lavender blush · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9FADD
Analogous#DDEBFA, #ECDDFA
Triadic#FADEDD, #DDFADE
Split complementary#FAEDDD, #EBFADD
Tetradic#FADDEB, #F9FADD, #DDFAED

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%#B3B1F3
Darker −20%#8884ED
Darker −30%#5D58E6
Darker −40%#312BE0
More saturated +25%#D9D8FF
Less saturated −25%#E3E2F5

Channel breakdown

R222
G221
B250
Red222 (87.1%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue242.07°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G DD · B FA

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