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Recognised as Colour

#D9C7E4

  • #D9C7E4
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D9C7E4 is a violet with RGB values 217, 199, 228 and HSL 277°, 35%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D9C7E4#D9C7E4
HEX#D9C7E4
RGBrgb(217, 199, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.7804, 0.8941
RGB percentages85.1%, 78%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(277.2, 34.9%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277.2, 12.7%, 89.4%)
CMYK4.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,272,484
CSS custom property--colour: #D9C7E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.612WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.24:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#26381B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CCE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CEE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D8CAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4.1Lavender · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Light grey · ΔE 16.8Silver · ΔE 17.4Gainsboro · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 4.09, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2E4C7
Analogous#CBC7E4, #E4C7E1
Triadic#E4D9C7, #C7E4D9
Split complementary#E1E4C7, #C7E4CB
Tetradic#E4CBC7, #D2E4C7, #C7E1E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F0E9F5
Darker −10%#C2A5D3
Darker −20%#AA82C3
Darker −30%#9360B2
Darker −40%#794996
More saturated +25%#DCBDEE
Less saturated −25%#D6D1DA

Channel breakdown

R217
G199
B228
Red217 (85.1%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue277.24°
Saturation (HSL)34.94%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G C7 · B E4

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