Colour

#DEE5FB

#DEE5FB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DEE5FB is a blue with RGB values 222, 229, 251 and HSL 226°, 78%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE5FB#DEE5FB

HEX#DEE5FB

RGBrgb(222, 229, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 0.9843

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(225.5, 78.4%, 92.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225.5, 11.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK11.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,867

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.71:1

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

Contrast with black16.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#211A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D8E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 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 text16.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.7 Alice blue · ΔE 10 Ghost white · ΔE 10.6 Gainsboro · ΔE 12 Lavender blush · ΔE 12.6 White smoke · ΔE 12.8

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.69, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF4DE

Analogous#DEF3FB, #E6DEFB

Triadic#FBDEE5, #E5FBDE

Split complementary#FBE6DE, #F3FBDE

Tetradic#FBDEF3, #FBF4DE, #DEFBE6

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%#B1C1F5

Darker −20%#839DF0

Darker −30%#5679EA

Darker −40%#2856E5

More saturated +25%#DAE3FF

Less saturated −25%#E3E7F6

Channel breakdown

R222

G229

B251

Red222 (87.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue225.52°

Saturation (HSL)78.38%

Lightness92.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B FB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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