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Colour

#DEE4FF

  • #DEE4FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEE4FF is a blue with RGB values 222, 228, 255 and HSL 229°, 100%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE4FF#DEE4FF
HEX#DEE4FF
RGBrgb(222, 228, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8941, 1
RGB percentages87.1%, 89.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(229.1, 100%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(229.1, 12.9%, 100%)
CMYK12.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,607,615
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE4FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.65:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#211B00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D7E9EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.2Alice blue · ΔE 12.2Ghost white · ΔE 12.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Lavender blush · ΔE 14.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.22, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF9DE
Analogous#DEF5FF, #E8DEFF
Triadic#FFDEE4, #E4FFDE
Split complementary#FFE9DE, #F5FFDE
Tetradic#FFDEF5, #FFF9DE, #DEFFE9

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%#ABBAFF
Darker −20%#7891FF
Darker −30%#4567FF
Darker −40%#123DFF
More saturated +25%#DEE4FF
Less saturated −25%#E2E7FB

Channel breakdown

R222
G228
B255
Red222 (87.1%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue229.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E4 · B FF

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