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#DCEDFE — Pale Vivid Blue

#DCEDFE is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

#DCEDFE is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FEEDDC; it also sits naturally between #DCFEFE and #DCDCFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCEDFE · RGB 220, 237, 254

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Color values

HEX#DCEDFE
RGB220, 237, 254
HSL210°, 94%, 93%
HSV210°, 13%, 100%
CMYK13%, 7%, 0%, 0%
XYZ77.69, 82.94, 105.68
Yxy82.94, 0.2917, 0.3114
CIE-Lab92.99, -2.28, -10.11
Hunter Lab91.07, -2.28, -10.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 93% · Blue 100%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DCEDFE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DCEDFE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DCEDFE

.text { color: #DCEDFE; }
.background { background-color: #DCEDFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCEDFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 237, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(210, 94%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCEDFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 237, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCEDFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 237, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DCEDFE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DCEDFE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DCEDFE

#B0D6FD#83BFFB#57A8FA#2A91F8#077DF2#0666C6#054F99#03386D#022140#010A14

Tints of #DCEDFE

#DCEDFE#E1F0FE#E1F0FE#E1F0FE#E6F2FE#E6F2FE#E6F2FE#E6F2FE#EBF5FE#EBF5FE

Tones of #DCEDFE

#DFEDFC#E1EDF9#E4EDF7#E6EDF4#E8EDF2#EBEDEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEEDDC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCEDFE: #000000.

How #DCEDFE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E3E4FADeuteranopia · #E2E1F9Tritanopia · #DDF7F6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DCEDFE rather than the exact color:

Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF
Palette F8fafc
#F8FAFC · #D9EAFD · #BCCCDC · #9AA6B2
Palette 164863
#164863 · #427D9D · #9BBEC8 · #DDF2FD
Palette 293b5f
#293B5F · #47597E · #DBE6FD · #B2AB8C
Palette E1f2fb
#E1F2FB · #F1F9F9 · #F3DFE3 · #E9B2BC
Cosmic Mosaic
#C0EFAE · #C1EED8 · #DDEEF6 · #B5AFEC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#DEECFF#D9EAFD#DDF2FD#DBE6FD#E1F2FB#DDEEF6#E0F4FF#DFF5FF#E3F2FD#E4F1FF#D7E9F7#DFF6FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCEDFD  ·  #DCEDFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCEDFE?

#DCEDFE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 220, 237, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCEDFE?

#DCEDFE is RGB 220, 237, 254 — HSL 210°, 94%, 93% — CMYK 13%, 7%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #DCEDFE?

Its complement is #FEEDDC; analogous partners are #DCFEFE and #DCDCFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCEDFE for text?

Black text on #DCEDFE has a contrast ratio of 17.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.