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Recognised as Colour

#DFECFE

  • #DFECFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DFECFE is a blue with RGB values 223, 236, 254 and HSL 215°, 94%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DFECFE#DFECFE
HEX#DFECFE
RGBrgb(223, 236, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.8745, 0.9255, 0.9961
RGB percentages87.5%, 92.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(214.8, 93.9%, 93.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.8, 12.2%, 99.6%)
CMYK12.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,675,198
CSS custom property--colour: #DFECFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82835WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.57:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB
Inverted#201301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6ECFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3E9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D8F0F2no 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 text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 4.7Alice blue · ΔE 7.3Ghost white · ΔE 8.6White smoke · ΔE 10.8Azure · ΔE 11.1Gainsboro · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 4.7, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF1DF
Analogous#DFFCFE, #E1DFFE
Triadic#FEDFEC, #ECFEDF
Split complementary#FEE2DF, #FCFEDF
Tetradic#FEDFFC, #FEF1DF, #DFFEE2

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%#AECFFC
Darker −20%#7CB1FB
Darker −30%#4B94F9
Darker −40%#1977F8
More saturated +25%#DEECFF
Less saturated −25%#E3EDFA

Channel breakdown

R223
G236
B254
Red223 (87.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue214.84°
Saturation (HSL)93.94%
Lightness93.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DF · G EC · B FE

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