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Recognised as Colour

#DACDF5

  • #DACDF5
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DACDF5 is a violet with RGB values 218, 205, 245 and HSL 259°, 67%, 88%. 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

#DACDF5#DACDF5
HEX#DACDF5
RGBrgb(218, 205, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8039, 0.9608
RGB percentages85.5%, 80.4%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(259.5, 66.7%, 88.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.5, 16.3%, 96.1%)
CMYK11%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,339,573
CSS custom property--colour: #DACDF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.03:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#25320A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D3F7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D3F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D6D3DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 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 text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 9.9Lavender · ΔE 13.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.9Light grey · ΔE 21.6Lavender blush · ΔE 21.7Gainsboro · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8F5CD
Analogous#CDD4F5, #EECDF5
Triadic#F5DACD, #CDF5DA
Split complementary#F5EECD, #D4F5CD
Tetradic#F5CDD4, #E8F5CD, #CDF5EE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F7FD
Darker −10%#BBA3EC
Darker −20%#9B78E4
Darker −30%#7C4EDB
Darker −40%#5E29CD
More saturated +25%#D7C5FC
Less saturated −25%#DDD4ED

Channel breakdown

R218
G205
B245
Red218 (85.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue259.5°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness88.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DA · G CD · B F5

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