Colour

#DFE7F9

#DFE7F9
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DFE7F9 is a blue with RGB values 223, 231, 249 and HSL 222°, 68%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFE7F9#DFE7F9

HEX#DFE7F9

RGBrgb(223, 231, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9059, 0.9765

RGB percentages87.5%, 90.6%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(221.5, 68.4%, 92.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 10.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK10.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,673,913

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE7F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#201806

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2E8FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0E6F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D9EAEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3 Alice blue · ΔE 8.1 Ghost white · ΔE 8.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 10.4 White smoke · ΔE 10.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 11.3

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 2.97, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F9F1DF

Analogous#DFF4F9, #E4DFF9

Triadic#F9DFE7, #E7F9DF

Split complementary#F9E4DF, #F4F9DF

Tetradic#F9DFF4, #F9F1DF, #DFF9E4

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%#B4C7F1

Darker −20%#89A7E9

Darker −30%#5E86E1

Darker −40%#3366D9

More saturated +25%#DAE5FE

Less saturated −25%#E4E9F4

Channel breakdown

R223

G231

B249

Red223 (87.5%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue221.54°

Saturation (HSL)68.42%

Lightness92.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E7 · B F9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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