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Recognised as Colour

#DEE7EF

  • #DEE7EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DEE7EF is a blue with RGB values 222, 231, 239 and HSL 208°, 35%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DEE7EF#DEE7EF
HEX#DEE7EF
RGBrgb(222, 231, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9059, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 90.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(208.2, 34.7%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 7.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,608,367
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78913WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#211810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E5EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#DAE9E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 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 text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 6.2Lavender · ΔE 7.1Ghost white · ΔE 7.3White smoke · ΔE 7.4Light grey · ΔE 8.4
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE6DE
Analogous#DEEFEF, #DEDFEF
Triadic#EFDEE7, #E7EFDE
Split complementary#EFDEDF, #EFEFDE
Tetradic#EFDEEF, #EFE6DE, #DFEFDE

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%#BCCEDE
Darker −20%#99B5CE
Darker −30%#779CBD
Darker −40%#5583AC
More saturated +25%#D8E7F5
Less saturated −25%#E4E7E9

Channel breakdown

R222
G231
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue208.24°
Saturation (HSL)34.69%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E7 · B EF

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