Recognised as Colour

#DAC7EB

#DAC7EB
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DAC7EB is a violet with RGB values 218, 199, 235 and HSL 272°, 47%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DAC7EB#DAC7EB

HEX#DAC7EB

RGBrgb(218, 199, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.7804, 0.9216

RGB percentages85.5%, 78%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(271.7, 47.4%, 85.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.7, 15.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK7.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,338,027

CSS custom property--colour: #DAC7EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.35:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#253814

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2CDEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C5CEEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D8CBD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.7 Lavender · ΔE 14.3 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1 Light grey · ΔE 20.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 20.9 Silver · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D8EBC7

Analogous#C8C7EB, #EBC7EA

Triadic#EBDAC7, #C7EBDA

Split complementary#EAEBC7, #C7EBC8

Tetradic#EBC8C7, #D8EBC7, #C7EAEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F3EDF8

Darker −10%#C1A1DE

Darker −20%#A87CD0

Darker −30%#9056C3

Darker −40%#763DA9

More saturated +25%#DBBEF5

Less saturated −25%#D9D1E2

Channel breakdown

R218

G199

B235

Red218 (85.5%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue271.67°

Saturation (HSL)47.37%

Lightness85.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G C7 · B EB

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Colour values

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