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Recognised as Colour

#DEDFEF

  • #DEDFEF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEDFEF is a blue with RGB values 222, 223, 239 and HSL 236°, 35%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEDFEF#DEDFEF
HEX#DEDFEF
RGBrgb(222, 223, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8745, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 87.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(236.5, 34.7%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.5, 7.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,606,319
CSS custom property--colour: #DEDFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.91:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#212010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE1F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE0EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#DBE2E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.4Gainsboro · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 9.5Alice blue · ΔE 9.7Ghost white · ΔE 9.8Lavender blush · ΔE 10.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.36, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFEEDE
Analogous#DEE8EF, #E6DEEF
Triadic#EFDEDF, #DFEFDE
Split complementary#EFE6DE, #E8EFDE
Tetradic#EFDEE8, #EFEEDE, #DEEFE6

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%#BCBEDE
Darker −20%#999CCE
Darker −30%#777BBD
Darker −40%#555AAC
More saturated +25%#D8DAF5
Less saturated −25%#E4E4E9

Channel breakdown

R222
G223
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue236.47°
Saturation (HSL)34.69%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G DF · B EF

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