Colour

#DEE9FE

#DEE9FE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DEE9FE is a blue with RGB values 222, 233, 254 and HSL 219°, 94%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DEE9FE#DEE9FE

HEX#DEE9FE

RGBrgb(222, 233, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9137, 0.9961

RGB percentages87.1%, 91.4%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(219.4, 94.1%, 93.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(219.4, 12.6%, 99.6%)

CMYK12.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,608,894

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#211601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3EAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0E7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D7EDF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.7 Alice blue · ΔE 8.9 Ghost white · ΔE 9.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 12.2 White smoke · ΔE 12.2 Lavender blush · ΔE 12.7

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.74, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FEF3DE

Analogous#DEF9FE, #E3DEFE

Triadic#FEDEE9, #E9FEDE

Split complementary#FEE3DE, #F9FEDE

Tetradic#FEDEF9, #FEF3DE, #DEFEE3

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%#ACC8FD

Darker −20%#7BA7FB

Darker −30%#4986FA

Darker −40%#1865F8

More saturated +25%#DDE9FF

Less saturated −25%#E2EAFA

Channel breakdown

R222

G233

B254

Red222 (87.1%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue219.38°

Saturation (HSL)94.12%

Lightness93.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DE · G E9 · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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