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Colour

#D8D3E7

  • #D8D3E7
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D8D3E7 is a violet with RGB values 216, 211, 231 and HSL 255°, 29%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#D8D3E7#D8D3E7
HEX#D8D3E7
RGBrgb(216, 211, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8275, 0.9059
RGB percentages84.7%, 82.7%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(255, 29.4%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 8.7%, 90.6%)
CMYK6.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,210,023
CSS custom property--colour: #D8D3E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66957WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.39:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#272C18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD6E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D5E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D6D6D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6.6Thistle · ΔE 9.5Light grey · ΔE 10.7Gainsboro · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Silver · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2E7D3
Analogous#D3D8E7, #E2D3E7
Triadic#E7D8D3, #D3E7D8
Split complementary#E7E2D3, #D8E7D3
Tetradic#E7D3D8, #E2E7D3, #D3E7E2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F4F9
Darker −10%#BBB2D5
Darker −20%#9E91C3
Darker −30%#8070B1
Darker −40%#66549A
More saturated +25%#D4CBF0
Less saturated −25%#DCDBDF

Channel breakdown

R216
G211
B231
Red216 (84.7%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)29.41%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D8 · G D3 · B E7

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