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Colour

#DEE1EE

  • #DEE1EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEE1EE is a blue with RGB values 222, 225, 238 and HSL 229°, 32%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE1EE#DEE1EE
HEX#DEE1EE
RGBrgb(222, 225, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8824, 0.9333
RGB percentages87.1%, 88.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(228.8, 32%, 90.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(228.8, 6.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK6.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,606,830
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE1EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#211E11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE1EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DBE3E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.4Gainsboro · ΔE 7.1Alice blue · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 8.5Ghost white · ΔE 8.8White smoke · ΔE 9.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.35, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEEBDE
Analogous#DEE9EE, #E3DEEE
Triadic#EEDEE1, #E1EEDE
Split complementary#EEE3DE, #E9EEDE
Tetradic#EEDEE9, #EEEBDE, #DEEEE3

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%#BCC2DD
Darker −20%#9BA4CB
Darker −30%#7985BA
Darker −40%#5767A9
More saturated +25%#D8DDF4
Less saturated −25%#E4E5E8

Channel breakdown

R222
G225
B238
Red222 (87.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue228.75°
Saturation (HSL)32%
Lightness90.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E1 · B EE

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