Information about #DCF0FA color

#DCF0FA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#DCF0FA falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(220, 240, 250) — 86.3% red, 94.1% green, 98% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 4 / 0 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#DCF0FA is a energetic, saturated steel-blue azure that glows at the very top of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Seashell Blue (#DFEDFF). Nearby in the Register you will also find Pattens Blue (#DEF5FF) and Very Pale Azure (#E2F0FF).

In RGB terms — rgb(220, 240, 250) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 17.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.2:1. No one has named #DCF0FA so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#DCF0FA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#DCF0FA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #DCF0FA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#DCF0FA
  • RGB220, 240, 250
  • CMYK12, 4, 0, 2
  • CSSrgb(220, 240, 250)
  • HSL200°, 75%, 92%
  • HSL Precise200°, 75%, 92.157%
  • HSV200°, 12%, 98%
  • HSB200°, 12%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.941
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • GLSLvec3(0.863, 0.941, 0.980)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.863, 0.941, 0.980, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.863, 0.941, 0.980)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB94.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB98%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDDCF0FA
  • DECIMAL ID14479610
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01