Colour

#DFE5FA

#DFE5FA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DFE5FA is a blue with RGB values 223, 229, 250 and HSL 227°, 73%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFE5FA#DFE5FA

HEX#DFE5FA

RGBrgb(223, 229, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.898, 0.9804

RGB percentages87.5%, 89.8%, 98%

HSLhsl(226.7, 73%, 92.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(226.7, 10.8%, 98%)

CMYK10.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,673,402

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.73:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#201A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFE7FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE4F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D9E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.2 Alice blue · ΔE 9.6 Ghost white · ΔE 10.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.5 Lavender blush · ΔE 12.1 White smoke · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.23, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAF4DF

Analogous#DFF3FA, #E6DFFA

Triadic#FADFE5, #E5FADF

Split complementary#FAE6DF, #F3FADF

Tetradic#FADFF3, #FAF4DF, #DFFAE6

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%#B3C1F3

Darker −20%#879DEC

Darker −30%#5B79E5

Darker −40%#2F56DE

More saturated +25%#DAE2FF

Less saturated −25%#E4E8F5

Channel breakdown

R223

G229

B250

Red223 (87.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue226.67°

Saturation (HSL)72.97%

Lightness92.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E5 · B FA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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