Recognised as Colour

#DEE5FD

#DEE5FD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DEE5FD is a blue with RGB values 222, 229, 253 and HSL 226°, 89%, 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

#DEE5FD#DEE5FD

HEX#DEE5FD

RGBrgb(222, 229, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 0.9922

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(226.5, 88.6%, 93.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.5, 12.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK12.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,869

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.73:1

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

Contrast with black16.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#211A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE7FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D7E9EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 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 text16.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.2 Alice blue · ΔE 10.8 Ghost white · ΔE 11.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 13 Lavender blush · ΔE 13.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.19, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDF6DE

Analogous#DEF4FD, #E7DEFD

Triadic#FDDEE5, #E5FDDE

Split complementary#FDE7DE, #F5FDDE

Tetradic#FDDEF4, #FDF6DE, #DEFDE7

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%#AEBFFA

Darker −20%#7E99F7

Darker −30%#4E73F4

Darker −40%#1E4DF1

More saturated +25%#DCE4FF

Less saturated −25%#E2E7F9

Channel breakdown

R222

G229

B253

Red222 (87.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue226.45°

Saturation (HSL)88.57%

Lightness93.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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