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Colour

#DFE5FB

  • #DFE5FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFE5FB is a blue with RGB values 223, 229, 251 and HSL 227°, 78%, 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

#DFE5FB#DFE5FB
HEX#DFE5FB
RGBrgb(223, 229, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.898, 0.9843
RGB percentages87.5%, 89.8%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(227.1, 77.8%, 92.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 11.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK11.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,673,403
CSS custom property--colour: #DFE5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#201A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE4FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D9E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.4Alice blue · ΔE 10Ghost white · ΔE 10.4Gainsboro · ΔE 12Lavender blush · ΔE 12.4White smoke · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.38, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBF5DF
Analogous#DFF3FB, #E7DFFB
Triadic#FBDFE5, #E5FBDF
Split complementary#FBE7DF, #F3FBDF
Tetradic#FBDFF3, #FBF5DF, #DFFBE7

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%#B2C0F5
Darker −20%#849BF0
Darker −30%#5777EA
Darker −40%#2A52E4
More saturated +25%#DBE3FF
Less saturated −25%#E3E8F7

Channel breakdown

R223
G229
B251
Red223 (87.5%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)77.78%
Lightness92.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G E5 · B FB

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