Colour

#DFE7FF

#DFE7FF
Blue
Light
Nearest: Lavender

#DFE7FF is a blue with RGB values 223, 231, 255 and HSL 225°, 100%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFE7FF#DFE7FF

HEX#DFE7FF

RGBrgb(223, 231, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9059, 1

RGB percentages87.5%, 90.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(225, 100%, 93.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 12.5%, 100%)

CMYK12.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,673,919

CSS custom property--colour: #DFE7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8006WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.01:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#201800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEE6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D8EBEFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 3.3 Alice blue · ΔE 10.4 Ghost white · ΔE 11 Gainsboro · ΔE 13.3 Lavender blush · ΔE 13.3 White smoke · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.34, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFF7DF

Analogous#DFF7FF, #E7DFFF

Triadic#FFDFE7, #E7FFDF

Split complementary#FFE7DF, #F7FFDF

Tetradic#FFDFF7, #FFF7DF, #DFFFE7

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%#ACC1FF

Darker −20%#799AFF

Darker −30%#4674FF

Darker −40%#134EFF

More saturated +25%#DFE7FF

Less saturated −25%#E3E9FB

Channel breakdown

R223

G231

B255

Red223 (87.5%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness93.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DF · G E7 · B FF

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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