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Recognised as Colour

#DFDCFA

  • #DFDCFA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFDCFA is a blue with RGB values 223, 220, 250 and HSL 246°, 75%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFDCFA#DFDCFA
HEX#DFDCFA
RGBrgb(223, 220, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8627, 0.9804
RGB percentages87.5%, 86.3%, 98%
HSLhsl(246, 75%, 92.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(246, 12%, 98%)
CMYK10.8%, 12%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,098
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDCFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.76:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#202305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E0FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#DAE1E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 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 text15.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.2Thistle · ΔE 12Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Ghost white · ΔE 15.1Alice blue · ΔE 15.3Lavender blush · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7FADC
Analogous#DCE8FA, #EEDCFA
Triadic#FADFDC, #DCFADF
Split complementary#FAEEDC, #E8FADC
Tetradic#FADCE8, #F7FADC, #DCFAEE

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%#B6AFF4
Darker −20%#8D83ED
Darker −30%#6556E7
Darker −40%#3C2AE1
More saturated +25%#DBD7FF
Less saturated −25%#E3E1F5

Channel breakdown

R223
G220
B250
Red223 (87.5%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue246°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness92.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G DC · B FA

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