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#DDEFFD — Pale Vivid Blue

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

#DDEFFD 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 #FDEBDD; it also sits naturally between #DDFDFB and #DDDFFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DDEFFD · RGB 221, 239, 253

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Color values

HEX#DDEFFD
RGB221, 239, 253
HSL206°, 89%, 93%
HSV206°, 13%, 99%
CMYK13%, 6%, 0%, 1%
XYZ78.41, 84.20, 105.05
Yxy84.20, 0.2930, 0.3146
CIE-Lab93.54, -3.19, -8.77
Hunter Lab91.76, -3.19, -8.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 94% · Blue 99%

Cyan 13% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DDEFFD

.text { color: #DDEFFD; }
.background { background-color: #DDEFFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DDEFFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(221, 239, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(206, 89%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DDEFFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(221, 239, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DDEFFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(221, 239, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DDEFFD

#B2DBFB#87C7F8#5BB3F5#309EF3#0E8CEC#0B72C1#095895#063F6A#04253F#010B13

Tints of #DDEFFD

#DDEFFD#E2F2FD#E2F2FD#E2F2FD#E7F4FE#E7F4FE#E7F4FE#E7F4FE#ECF6FE#ECF6FE

Tones of #DDEFFD

#E0EFFB#E2EFF9#E4EEF6#E6EEF4#E9EEF2#EBEDEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDEBDD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #DDEFFD: #000000.

How #DDEFFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5FADeuteranopia · #E4E2F9Tritanopia · #DEF7F6

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 #DDEFFD rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#DDF2FD#DEECFF#E1F2FB#E0F4FF#D9EAFD#DFF5FF#E3F2FD#DDEEF6#DFF6FF#E4F1FF#DDF3F5#D7F2F7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DDEFFC  ·  #DDEFFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DDEFFD?

#DDEFFD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 221, 239, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DDEFFD?

#DDEFFD is RGB 221, 239, 253 — HSL 206°, 89%, 93% — CMYK 13%, 6%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #DDEFFD?

Its complement is #FDEBDD; analogous partners are #DDFDFB and #DDDFFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DDEFFD for text?

Black text on #DDEFFD has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.