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Recognised as Colour

#DEE8EF

  • #DEE8EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Alice blue

#DEE8EF is a blue with RGB values 222, 232, 239 and HSL 205°, 35%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Alice blue.

Colour values

#DEE8EF#DEE8EF
HEX#DEE8EF
RGBrgb(222, 232, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9098, 0.9373
RGB percentages87.1%, 91%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(204.7, 34.7%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.7, 7.1%, 93.7%)
CMYK7.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,608,623
CSS custom property--colour: #DEE8EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#211710

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E6EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DAEAEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Alice blue · ΔE 5.8Gainsboro · ΔE 6.2White smoke · ΔE 7.1Ghost white · ΔE 7.2Lavender · ΔE 7.7Light grey · ΔE 8.5
Nearest named CSS colourAlice blue (#F0F8FF)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFE5DE
Analogous#DEEFEE, #DEE0EF
Triadic#EFDEE8, #E8EFDE
Split complementary#EFDEE0, #EFEEDE
Tetradic#EEDEEF, #EFE5DE, #E0EFDE

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%#BCD0DE
Darker −20%#99B8CE
Darker −30%#77A0BD
Darker −40%#5588AC
More saturated +25%#D8E9F5
Less saturated −25%#E4E7E9

Channel breakdown

R222
G232
B239
Red222 (87.1%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue204.71°
Saturation (HSL)34.69%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DE · G E8 · B EF

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