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Colour

#DFDFEA

  • #DFDFEA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFDFEA is a blue with RGB values 223, 223, 234 and HSL 240°, 21%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFDFEA#DFDFEA
HEX#DFDFEA
RGBrgb(223, 223, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.8745, 0.9176
RGB percentages87.5%, 87.5%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(240, 20.8%, 89.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 4.7%, 91.8%)
CMYK4.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,671,850
CSS custom property--colour: #DFDFEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74404WCAG 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 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#202015

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE0EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE0EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#DDE1E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.4Gainsboro · ΔE 5.9Light grey · ΔE 7.3Alice blue · ΔE 8.8Ghost white · ΔE 8.9Lavender blush · ΔE 9.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAEADF
Analogous#DFE4EA, #E4DFEA
Triadic#EADFDF, #DFEADF
Split complementary#EAE4DF, #E4EADF
Tetradic#EADFE4, #EAEADF, #DFEAE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FEFEFE
Darker −10%#C0C0D6
Darker −20%#A1A1C2
Darker −30%#8383AD
Darker −40%#646499
More saturated +25%#D8D8F1
Less saturated −25%#E4E4E4

Channel breakdown

R223
G223
B234
Red223 (87.5%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)20.75%
Lightness89.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G DF · B EA

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