Recognised as Colour
#D9ACEF
- #D9ACEF
- Violet
- Light
- Nearest: Plum
#D9ACEF is a violet with RGB values 217, 172, 239 and HSL 280°, 68%, 81%. 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
#D9ACEF#D9ACEF
HEX#D9ACEF
RGBrgb(217, 172, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.6745, 0.9373
RGB percentages85.1%, 67.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(280.3, 67.7%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(280.3, 28%, 93.7%)
CMYK9.2%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,265,583
CSS custom property--colour: #D9ACEF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#265310
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#C2EFAC
Analogous#B7ACEF, #EFACE4
Triadic#EFD9AC, #ACEFD9
Split complementary#E4EFAC, #ACEFB7
Tetradic#EFB7AC, #C2EFAC, #ACE4EF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R217
G172
B239
Red217 (85.1%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue280.3°
Saturation (HSL)67.68%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G AC · B EF
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