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Colour

#DFE6F9

  • #DFE6F9
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFE6F9 is a blue with RGB values 223, 230, 249 and HSL 224°, 68%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFE6F9#DFE6F9
HEX#DFE6F9
RGBrgb(223, 230, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.902, 0.9765
RGB percentages87.5%, 90.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(223.8, 68.4%, 92.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.8, 10.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK10.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,673,657
CSS custom property--colour: #DFE6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.82:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#201906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E7FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE5F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#D9E9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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 text16.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.5Alice blue · ΔE 8.6Ghost white · ΔE 9.3Gainsboro · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 11.4Lavender blush · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.52, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9F2DF
Analogous#DFF3F9, #E5DFF9
Triadic#F9DFE6, #E6F9DF
Split complementary#F9E5DF, #F3F9DF
Tetradic#F9DFF3, #F9F2DF, #DFF9E5

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%#B4C4F1
Darker −20%#89A3E9
Darker −30%#5E81E1
Darker −40%#3360D9
More saturated +25%#DAE4FE
Less saturated −25%#E4E8F4

Channel breakdown

R223
G230
B249
Red223 (87.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue223.85°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness92.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G E6 · B F9

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