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Recognised as Colour

#DEE1F9

  • #DEE1F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEE1F9 is a blue with RGB values 222, 225, 249 and HSL 233°, 69%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE1F9#DEE1F9
HEX#DEE1F9
RGBrgb(222, 225, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8824, 0.9765
RGB percentages87.1%, 88.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(233.3, 69.2%, 92.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(233.3, 10.8%, 97.6%)
CMYK10.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,606,841
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE1F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.24:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#211E06

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBE3FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DAE1F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8E5E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3Alice blue · ΔE 11.6Ghost white · ΔE 11.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Lavender blush · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.98, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9F6DE
Analogous#DEEEF9, #E9DEF9
Triadic#F9DEE1, #E1F9DE
Split complementary#F9E9DE, #EEF9DE
Tetradic#F9DEEF, #F9F6DE, #DEF9E9

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%#B3BAF1
Darker −20%#8893E9
Darker −30%#5D6BE1
Darker −40%#3144DA
More saturated +25%#D9DDFE
Less saturated −25%#E3E5F4

Channel breakdown

R222
G225
B249
Red222 (87.1%)
Green225 (88.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue233.33°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness92.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E1 · B F9

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