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Recognised as Colour

#DACDEF

  • #DACDEF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DACDEF is a violet with RGB values 218, 205, 239 and HSL 263°, 52%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DACDEF#DACDEF
HEX#DACDEF
RGBrgb(218, 205, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8039, 0.9373
RGB percentages85.5%, 80.4%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(262.9, 51.5%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.9, 14.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK8.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,339,567
CSS custom property--colour: #DACDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.648WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#253210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D2EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D7D1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.7Lavender · ΔE 11.6Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Light grey · ΔE 18.6Gainsboro · ΔE 18.9Lavender blush · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2EFCD
Analogous#CDD1EF, #EBCDEF
Triadic#EFDACD, #CDEFDA
Split complementary#EFEBCD, #D1EFCD
Tetradic#EFCDD1, #E2EFCD, #CDEFEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F4FB
Darker −10%#BDA6E3
Darker −20%#A180D6
Darker −30%#8459CA
Darker −40%#693AB6
More saturated +25%#D8C5F7
Less saturated −25%#DCD5E7

Channel breakdown

R218
G205
B239
Red218 (85.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue262.94°
Saturation (HSL)51.52%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G CD · B EF

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