Colour

#DFE6FB

#DFE6FB
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DFE6FB is a blue with RGB values 223, 230, 251 and HSL 225°, 78%, 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

#DFE6FB#DFE6FB

HEX#DFE6FB

RGBrgb(223, 230, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.902, 0.9843

RGB percentages87.5%, 90.2%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(225, 77.8%, 92.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 11.2%, 98.4%)

CMYK11.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,673,659

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE6FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.85:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#201904

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E7FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE5FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D9EAEDno 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 text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 2.5 Alice blue · ΔE 9.4 Ghost white · ΔE 10 Gainsboro · ΔE 11.6 Lavender blush · ΔE 12.1 White smoke · ΔE 12.2

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.47, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FBF4DF

Analogous#DFF4FB, #E6DFFB

Triadic#FBDFE6, #E6FBDF

Split complementary#FBE6DF, #F4FBDF

Tetradic#FBDFF4, #FBF4DF, #DFFBE6

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%#B2C3F5

Darker −20%#849FF0

Darker −30%#577CEA

Darker −40%#2A58E4

More saturated +25%#DBE4FF

Less saturated −25%#E3E8F7

Channel breakdown

R223

G230

B251

Red223 (87.5%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness92.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E6 · B FB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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