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Recognised as Colour

#D9D2EB

  • #D9D2EB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#D9D2EB is a violet with RGB values 217, 210, 235 and HSL 257°, 38%, 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

#D9D2EB#D9D2EB
HEX#D9D2EB
RGBrgb(217, 210, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8235, 0.9216
RGB percentages85.1%, 82.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(256.8, 38.5%, 87.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.8, 10.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK7.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,275,307
CSS custom property--colour: #D9D2EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.37:1
Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#262D14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD5ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED5EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D6D5DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 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 text14.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7.4Thistle · ΔE 8.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Light grey · ΔE 13.4Gainsboro · ΔE 13.6Lavender blush · ΔE 15.2
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4EBD2
Analogous#D2D8EB, #E5D2EB
Triadic#EBD9D2, #D2EBD9
Split complementary#EBE5D2, #D7EBD2
Tetradic#EBD2D8, #E4EBD2, #D2EBE5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F5FB
Darker −10%#BBAFDB
Darker −20%#9D8BCC
Darker −30%#8068BC
Darker −40%#644AA7
More saturated +25%#D5CAF3
Less saturated −25%#DDDAE3

Channel breakdown

R217
G210
B235
Red217 (85.1%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue256.8°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness87.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D9 · G D2 · B EB

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