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#dee7fd

a pale, electric blue · cool · closest name: Lavender

Token name suggestion: Frost Sapphire

RGB
222, 231, 253
HSL
223°, 89%, 93%
CMYK
12, 9, 0, 1
Luminance
0.7977

#dee7fd is a pale electric blue, 223° on the wheel and 93/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.95:1). As text it scores 1.24:1 on white — use #356CF3 instead. Nearest name is Lavender, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(223 89% 93%)rgb(222 231 253)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dee7fd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dee7fd
Hue
223°
blue
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
93%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7977
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
93/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.95:1
Closest name
Lavender
ΔE2000 3.9
Chroma
11.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.928
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 26.8
Web-safe
#CCFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue223° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness93%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dee7fd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool93% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red19%
Green72%
Blue9%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#dee7fd
HEX (8-digit)#dee7fdff
RGBrgb(222, 231, 253)
RGBArgba(222, 231, 253, 1)
HSLhsl(223, 89%, 93%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223, 12%, 99%)
HWBhwb(223 87% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 9%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(91.6 1.2 -11.7)
LCHlch(91.6 11.7 276.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.928 0.031 268.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.43, 79.77, 104.28)
Decimal14608381
Display P3color(display-p3 0.871 0.906 0.992)
Web-safe#CCFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dee7fd;
background-color: #dee7fd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dee7fd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dee7fd] bg-[#dee7fd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dee7fd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.871, green: 0.906, blue: 0.992)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.871, green: 0.906, blue: 0.992, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DEE7FD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDEE7FD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDEE7FD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(253, 231, 222)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(222, 231, 253)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(222, 231, 253)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 222, 231, 253)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8706f, 0.9059f, 0.9922f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{222,231,253}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dee7fd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dee7fd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#072878, #D3DBEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dee7fd h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F5FD;
  --brand-100: #dee7fd;
  --brand-200: #C4D3F8;
  --brand-300: #95B2F9;
  --brand-400: #608CF5;
  --brand-500: #2B65F2;
  --brand-600: #0E4DE7;
  --brand-700: #0C40C0;
  --brand-800: #09339A;
  --brand-900: #0B286F;
  --brand-950: #071945;
  --brand: #dee7fd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CDED;
  --brand-hover: #BCCEFB;
  --brand-pressed: #9AB6F9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141924;
    --brand-ink: #D3DBEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2F5FD',
        100: '#dee7fd',
        200: '#C4D3F8',
        300: '#95B2F9',
        400: '#608CF5',
        500: '#2B65F2',
        600: '#0E4DE7',
        700: '#0C40C0',
        800: '#09339A',
        900: '#0B286F',
        950: '#071945',
        DEFAULT: '#dee7fd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2F5FD,
  '100': #dee7fd,
  '200': #C4D3F8,
  '300': #95B2F9,
  '400': #608CF5,
  '500': #2B65F2,
  '600': #0E4DE7,
  '700': #0C40C0,
  '800': #09339A,
  '900': #0B286F,
  '950': #071945,
);
$brand-base: #dee7fd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2F5FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#dee7fd", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C4D3F8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#95B2F9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#608CF5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2B65F2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0E4DE7", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0C40C0", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#09339A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0B286F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#071945", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #dee7fd · 16.95:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.95:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dee7fd as text scores 1.24:1 on white and 16.95:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #072878 at 10.71:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#356CF3 · 4.57:1
AA on white−35% L
#356CF3
The quick fox
#0D48D9 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−48% L
#0D48D9
The quick fox
#dee7fd · 16.95:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dee7fd
The quick fox
#dee7fd · 16.95:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dee7fd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #668FF6 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#dee7fd on white: 1.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dee7fd on black: 16.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dee7fd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dee7fd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.24:1AaAa
Slate 501.18:1AaAa
Slate 1001.13:1AaAa
Slate 2001.00:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4002.07:1AaAa
Slate 5003.84:1AaAa
Slate 6006.12:1AaAa
Slate 7008.36:1AaAa
Slate 80011.81:1AaAa
Slate 90014.41:1AaAa
Black16.95:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E1E8FE
deuteranopia · #DEE6FC
tritanopia · #D7EBEE

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #dee7fd is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2F5FD
#dee7fd
#C4D3F8
#95B2F9
#608CF5
#2B65F2
#0E4DE7
#0C40C0
#09339A
#0B286F
#071945
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F2F5FDDarkest = 950 · #071945Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.008 268.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.013 268.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.019 268.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.024 268.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.029 268.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.031 268.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.031 268.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.030 268.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.026 268.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.022 268.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.017 268.0);
}

Colors that work with #dee7fd

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0CDED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B629B
Captions on the surface
Accent#C65D06
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#072878
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7EEFE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141924
Dark-mode background
Hover#BCCEFB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9AB6F9
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F4F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D6E2FF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #dee7fd

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #072878
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #668FF6

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight7/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FDF4DE
Analogous left#DEF6FD
Analogous right#E4DEFD
Split-complement 1#FDE4DE
Split-complement 2#F6FDDE
Triadic 1#FDDEE7
Triadic 2#E7FDDE
Tetradic#FDDEF6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°223°

#dee7fd sits at 223°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.1%
Green90.6%
Blue99.2%
R · 0–255
222
0xde
G · 0–255
231
0xe7
B · 0–255
253
0xfd

CMYK percentages

Cyan12.3%
Magenta8.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 22%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dee7fd text on a black background

contrast 16.95:1

Card sample

#dee7fd text on a white background

contrast 1.24:1

Card sample

#dee7fd on grey

1.13:1

#dee7fd on its own surface

1.14:1

#dee7fd on its dark surface

14.20:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dee7fd;
Background color
Panel with #dee7fd background
background-color: #dee7fd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dee7fd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(222, 231, 253, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(222, 231, 253, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dee7fd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dee7fd, #EADEFD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dee7fd, #F1DEFD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dee7fd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dee7fd;
caret-color: #dee7fd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dee7fd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E7EEFE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dee7fd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dee7fd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dee7fd over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(222, 231, 253, 0.5)
rgb(222 231 253 / 50%)
#dee7fd80
hsl(223 89% 93% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dee7fd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dee7fd1a#FCFDFF
20%#dee7fd33#F8FAFF
40%#dee7fd66#F2F5FE
60%#dee7fd99#EBF1FE
80%#dee7fdcc#E5ECFD

Gradients from #dee7fd

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECF1FE, #dee7fd 45%, #072878);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dee7fd, #DCC1FB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dee7fd, #FDF4DE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1F5FE 0%, #dee7fd 45%, #072878 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FCFBFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #072878 0%, transparent 65%), #dee7fd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dee7fd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#dee7fd in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.95:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#dee7fd, answered

What color is #dee7fd?

#dee7fd is a pale electric blue, closest to Lavender (ΔE2000 3.9). It sits at 223° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 93% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #dee7fd?

rgb(222, 231, 253) — 222 red, 231 green and 253 blue out of 255, or 87.1% / 90.6% / 99.2% by channel.

What is #dee7fd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(223, 89%, 93%) and hsv(223, 12%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dee7fd a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7977 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 16.95:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dee7fd?

Black. It scores 16.95:1 against #dee7fd, versus 1.24:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dee7fd accessible on a white background?

#dee7fd on white scores 1.24:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #356CF3 to reach 4.5:1, or #0D48D9 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dee7fd?

#FDF4DE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FDE4DE and #F6FDDE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dee7fd?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CDED for borders, #4B629B for secondary text, #C65D06 as an accent and #072878 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DEF6FD and #E4DEFD stays calm, while #FDF4DE is the loudest partner.

What is #dee7fd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 9%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #dee7fd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 93 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E0DEFD; nudged cooler, #DDECFD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dee7fd?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 26.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dee7fd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dee7fd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dee7fd] or text-[#dee7fd], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #dee7fd with 50% opacity?

rgba(222, 231, 253, 0.5), or #dee7fd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFF3FE; over black, #6F747F.

Is #dee7fd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFFFF, ΔE2000 17.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dee7fd mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #dee7fd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECF1FE, #dee7fd 45%, #072878). For more colour, a short hue run to #DCC1FB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dee7fd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dee7fd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.