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Colour

#DEE5FF

  • #DEE5FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEE5FF is a blue with RGB values 222, 229, 255 and HSL 227°, 100%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE5FF#DEE5FF
HEX#DEE5FF
RGBrgb(222, 229, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.898, 1
RGB percentages87.1%, 89.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(227.3, 100%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.3, 12.9%, 100%)
CMYK12.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,607,871
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78788WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.76:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#211A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D7EAEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.9Alice blue · ΔE 11.6Ghost white · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 14Lavender blush · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.91, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF8DE
Analogous#DEF6FF, #E7DEFF
Triadic#FFDEE5, #E5FFDE
Split complementary#FFE8DE, #F6FFDE
Tetradic#FFDEF6, #FFF8DE, #DEFFE8

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%#ABBDFF
Darker −20%#7895FF
Darker −30%#456CFF
Darker −40%#1244FF
More saturated +25%#DEE5FF
Less saturated −25%#E2E7FB

Channel breakdown

R222
G229
B255
Red222 (87.1%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue227.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E5 · B FF

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