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Recognised as Colour

#DFDBF6

  • #DFDBF6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFDBF6 is a blue with RGB values 223, 219, 246 and HSL 249°, 60%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFDBF6#DFDBF6
HEX#DFDBF6
RGBrgb(223, 219, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8588, 0.9647
RGB percentages87.5%, 85.9%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(248.9, 60%, 91.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.9, 11%, 96.5%)
CMYK9.3%, 11%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,670,838
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDBF6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73005WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#202409

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DEF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DEF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#DBDFE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.3Thistle · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Ghost white · ΔE 14.1Gainsboro · ΔE 14.2Lavender blush · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2F6DB
Analogous#DBE4F6, #EDDBF6
Triadic#F6DFDB, #DBF6DF
Split complementary#F6EDDB, #E4F6DB
Tetradic#F6DBE4, #F2F6DB, #DBF6ED

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%#BBB2EC
Darker −20%#9689E2
Darker −30%#7261D7
Darker −40%#4E38CD
More saturated +25%#DBD5FC
Less saturated −25%#E3E1F0

Channel breakdown

R223
G219
B246
Red223 (87.5%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue248.89°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness91.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G DB · B F6

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