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Recognised as Colour

#DFEAFC

  • #DFEAFC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFEAFC is a blue with RGB values 223, 234, 252 and HSL 217°, 83%, 93%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFEAFC#DFEAFC
HEX#DFEAFC
RGBrgb(223, 234, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9176, 0.9882
RGB percentages87.5%, 91.8%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(217.2, 82.9%, 93.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.2, 11.5%, 98.8%)
CMYK11.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,674,684
CSS custom property--colour: #DFEAFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81562WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.31:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#201503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4EBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E8FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#D8EEF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4Alice blue · ΔE 7.5Ghost white · ΔE 8.6White smoke · ΔE 10.8Gainsboro · ΔE 11Azure · ΔE 11.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 3.96, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCF1DF
Analogous#DFF9FC, #E3DFFC
Triadic#FCDFEA, #EAFCDF
Split complementary#FCE3DF, #F9FCDF
Tetradic#FCDFF9, #FCF1DF, #DFFCE3

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%#B0CBF8
Darker −20%#82ADF3
Darker −30%#538EEF
Darker −40%#2470EB
More saturated +25%#DCE9FF
Less saturated −25%#E3EBF8

Channel breakdown

R223
G234
B252
Red223 (87.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue217.24°
Saturation (HSL)82.86%
Lightness93.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G EA · B FC

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