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#DCEEFE — Pale Vivid Blue

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

#DCEEFE 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 #FEECDC; it also sits naturally between #DCFEFD and #DCDDFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DCEEFE · RGB 220, 238, 254

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Color values

HEX#DCEEFE
RGB220, 238, 254
HSL208°, 94%, 93%
HSV208°, 13%, 100%
CMYK13%, 6%, 0%, 0%
XYZ77.98, 83.52, 105.78
Yxy83.52, 0.2918, 0.3125
CIE-Lab93.24, -2.79, -9.73
Hunter Lab91.39, -2.79, -10.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 93% · Blue 100%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DCEEFE

.text { color: #DCEEFE; }
.background { background-color: #DCEEFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DCEEFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(220, 238, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(208, 94%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DCEEFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(220, 238, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DCEEFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(220, 238, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DCEEFE

#B0D9FD#83C3FB#57AEFA#2A98F8#0785F2#066CC6#055499#033C6D#022340#010B14

Tints of #DCEEFE

#DCEEFE#E1F1FE#E1F1FE#E1F1FE#E6F3FE#E6F3FE#E6F3FE#E6F3FE#EBF5FE#EBF5FE

Tones of #DCEEFE

#DFEEFC#E1EEF9#E4EEF7#E6EEF4#E8EDF2#EBEDEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEECDC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #DCEEFE: #000000.

How #DCEEFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4FADeuteranopia · #E3E1F9Tritanopia · #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 #DCEEFE rather than the exact color:

Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF
Palette 164863
#164863 · #427D9D · #9BBEC8 · #DDF2FD
Palette F8fafc
#F8FAFC · #D9EAFD · #BCCCDC · #9AA6B2
Palette E1f2fb
#E1F2FB · #F1F9F9 · #F3DFE3 · #E9B2BC
Palette E0f4ff
#E0F4FF · #87C4FF · #39A7FF · #FFEED9
Palette 5356ff
#5356FF · #378CE7 · #67C6E3 · #DFF5FF

Similar colors

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

#DEECFF#DDF2FD#D9EAFD#E1F2FB#E0F4FF#DFF5FF#DDEEF6#E3F2FD#DBE6FD#DFF6FF#E4F1FF#D7F2F7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DCEEFD  ·  #DCEEFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DCEEFE?

#DCEEFE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 220, 238, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DCEEFE?

#DCEEFE is RGB 220, 238, 254 — HSL 208°, 94%, 93% — CMYK 13%, 6%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #DCEEFE?

Its complement is #FEECDC; analogous partners are #DCFEFD and #DCDDFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DCEEFE for text?

Black text on #DCEEFE has a contrast ratio of 17.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.