Recognised as Colour

#DEE5F6

#DEE5F6
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DEE5F6 is a blue with RGB values 222, 229, 246 and HSL 222°, 57%, 92%. 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

#DEE5F6#DEE5F6

HEX#DEE5F6

RGBrgb(222, 229, 246)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 0.9647

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 96.5%

HSLhsl(222.5, 57.1%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(222.5, 9.8%, 96.5%)

CMYK9.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,862

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE5F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.64:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#211A09

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E6F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE4F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D9E8EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 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 text16.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3 Alice blue · ΔE 8.2 Ghost white · ΔE 8.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 9.6 White smoke · ΔE 10.7 Light grey · ΔE 11.1

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.04, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F6EFDE

Analogous#DEF1F6, #E3DEF6

Triadic#F6DEE5, #E5F6DE

Split complementary#F6E3DE, #F1F6DE

Tetradic#F6DEF1, #F6EFDE, #DEF6E3

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%#B6C5EB

Darker −20%#8EA6E0

Darker −30%#6686D5

Darker −40%#3E67CA

More saturated +25%#D9E3FB

Less saturated −25%#E3E7F1

Channel breakdown

R222

G229

B246

Red222 (87.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue246 (96.5%)

Hue222.5°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness91.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B F6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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