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Recognised as Colour

#DFDCF8

  • #DFDCF8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFDCF8 is a blue with RGB values 223, 220, 248 and HSL 246°, 67%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFDCF8#DFDCF8
HEX#DFDCF8
RGBrgb(223, 220, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8627, 0.9725
RGB percentages87.5%, 86.3%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(246.4, 66.7%, 91.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246.4, 11.3%, 97.3%)
CMYK10.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,096
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDCF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#202307

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6DFF9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DEF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#DAE0E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.4Thistle · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 12.9Ghost white · ΔE 14.3Alice blue · ΔE 14.5Lavender blush · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.37, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F5F8DC
Analogous#DCE7F8, #EDDCF8
Triadic#F8DFDC, #DCF8DF
Split complementary#F8EDDC, #E7F8DC
Tetradic#F8DCE7, #F5F8DC, #DCF8ED

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%#B8B2F0
Darker −20%#9187E7
Darker −30%#6A5DDF
Darker −40%#4432D6
More saturated +25%#DBD7FD
Less saturated −25%#E3E1F3

Channel breakdown

R223
G220
B248
Red223 (87.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue246.43°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness91.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G DC · B F8

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