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#DBEAFE Pale Blue

#DBEAFE is Pale Blue.

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#DBEAFE

Pale Blue

What are the RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values of #DBEAFE?

HEX
#DBEAFE
RGB
rgb(219, 234, 254)
HSL
hsl(214, 95%, 93%)
OKLCH
oklch(93.2% 0.032 256)
CMYK
14, 8, 0, 0

#DBEAFE has a contrast ratio of 1.22:1 against white and 17.21:1 against black, so black is the better background for text in this color and dark text reads best on it.

Contrast checker

Text color (rows) on background (columns), scored against WCAG 2.2. White and near-black text on this color.

WCAG contrast ratio for each text and background color combination
Text ↓ / Bg → #DBEAFE
#DBEAFE
Same color
White
1.2Fail
Near-black
14.3AAA

AAA ≥ 7:1 · AA ≥ 4.5:1 body text· AA18 ≥ 3:1 large text (18pt, or 14pt bold) only

Text that works on each color

  • Near-black on #DBEAFE · 14.3:1

Tints and shades of #DBEAFE

Same hue and chroma in OKLCH, lighter to darker.

  1. #DBEAFE
  2. #C8D7EB
  3. #AAB8CB
  4. #8C9AAC
  5. #707D8F
  6. #546172
  7. #3B4757
  8. #222E3D
  9. #0C1624

Colors that go with #DBEAFE

Six harmony rules built from this color. Open any in the Studio.

Color blindness check

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Simulated with the Machado (2009) model.

Typical
Deuteranopia

No green cones — the most common form. Pale Blue, #DBEAFE and Pale Lavender, #E5C3FD; Pale Blue, #DBEAFE and Aquamarine, #8CFCCC; Pale Turquoise, #B3F8FD and Pale Lavender, #E5C3FD; Pale Turquoise, #B3F8FD and Aquamarine, #8CFCCC become hard to tell apart — don't rely on color alone to separate them.

Export

Copy-paste code, or download the swatches.

:root {
  --pale-blue-1: #DBEAFE; /* Pale Blue */
}

Palettes, gradients and meshes with #DBEAFE

Items using this color or one perceptually close to it, closest first.

Palettes (116)

Iceberg

Arctic Fox

Gradients (9)

Mesh gradients (32)