Colour

#DEE6FE

#DEE6FE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DEE6FE is a blue with RGB values 222, 230, 254 and HSL 225°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE6FE#DEE6FE

HEX#DEE6FE

RGBrgb(222, 230, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.902, 0.9961

RGB percentages87.1%, 90.2%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(225, 94.1%, 93.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 12.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK12.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,608,126

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#211901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DDE5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D7EAEEno 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 text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.4 Alice blue · ΔE 10.6 Ghost white · ΔE 11.2 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 13.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.6

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.38, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEF6DE

Analogous#DEF6FE, #E6DEFE

Triadic#FEDEE6, #E6FEDE

Split complementary#FEE6DE, #F6FEDE

Tetradic#FEDEF6, #FEF6DE, #DEFEE6

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%#ACC0FD

Darker −20%#7B9BFB

Darker −30%#4975FA

Darker −40%#1850F8

More saturated +25%#DDE5FF

Less saturated −25%#E2E8FA

Channel breakdown

R222

G230

B254

Red222 (87.1%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)94.12%

Lightness93.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G E6 · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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