Recognised as Colour
#D9ACED
- #D9ACED
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Plum
#D9ACED is a violet with RGB values 217, 172, 237 and HSL 282°, 64%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.
Colour values
#D9ACED#D9ACED
HEX#D9ACED
RGBrgb(217, 172, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.6745, 0.9294
RGB percentages85.1%, 67.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(281.5, 64.4%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(281.5, 27.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK8.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,265,581
CSS custom property--colour: #D9ACED;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.07:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#265312
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#C0EDAC
Analogous#B8ACED, #EDACE1
Triadic#EDD9AC, #ACEDD9
Split complementary#E1EDAC, #ACEDB8
Tetradic#EDB8AC, #C0EDAC, #ACE1ED
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R217
G172
B237
Red217 (85.1%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue281.54°
Saturation (HSL)64.36%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G AC · B ED
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