Recognised as Colour

#DACDE9

#DACDE9
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DACDE9 is a violet with RGB values 218, 205, 233 and HSL 268°, 39%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DACDE9#DACDE9

HEX#DACDE9

RGBrgb(218, 205, 233)

RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8039, 0.9137

RGB percentages85.5%, 80.4%, 91.4%

HSLhsl(267.9, 38.9%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(267.9, 12%, 91.4%)

CMYK6.4%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,339,561

CSS custom property--colour: #DACDE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.89:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#253216

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D2EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD2E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D8D0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.2 Lavender · ΔE 10 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.7 Light grey · ΔE 15.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.9 Silver · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCE9CD

Analogous#CDCEE9, #E8CDE9

Triadic#E9DACD, #CDE9DA

Split complementary#E9E8CD, #CEE9CD

Tetradic#E9CDCE, #DCE9CD, #CDE9E8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F4F0F9

Darker −10%#C0AAD9

Darker −20%#A686CA

Darker −30%#8B63BA

Darker −40%#7248A3

More saturated +25%#D9C4F2

Less saturated −25%#DBD6E0

Channel breakdown

R218

G205

B233

Red218 (85.5%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue233 (91.4%)

Hue267.86°

Saturation (HSL)38.89%

Lightness85.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DA · G CD · B E9

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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