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Recognised as Colour

#DEE6F6

  • #DEE6F6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DEE6F6 is a blue with RGB values 222, 230, 246 and HSL 220°, 57%, 92%. 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

#DEE6F6#DEE6F6
HEX#DEE6F6
RGBrgb(222, 230, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.902, 0.9647
RGB percentages87.1%, 90.2%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(220, 57.1%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220, 9.8%, 96.5%)
CMYK9.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,608,118
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE6F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78777WCAG 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 16.76:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#211909

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E7F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE5F6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D9E9EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 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 3.6Alice blue · ΔE 7.7Ghost white · ΔE 8.5Gainsboro · ΔE 9.3White smoke · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.56, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6EEDE
Analogous#DEF2F6, #E2DEF6
Triadic#F6DEE6, #E6F6DE
Split complementary#F6E2DE, #F2F6DE
Tetradic#F6DEF2, #F6EEDE, #DEF6E2

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%#B6C8EB
Darker −20%#8EA9E0
Darker −30%#668BD5
Darker −40%#3E6DCA
More saturated +25%#D9E4FB
Less saturated −25%#E3E8F1

Channel breakdown

R222
G230
B246
Red222 (87.1%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue220°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E6 · B F6

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