Colour

#DBABFD

#DBABFD
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DBABFD is a violet with RGB values 219, 171, 253 and HSL 275°, 95%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DBABFD#DBABFD

HEX#DBABFD

RGBrgb(219, 171, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.6706, 0.9922

RGB percentages85.9%, 67.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(275.1, 95.3%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(275.1, 32.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK13.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,396,413

CSS custom property--colour: #DBABFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#245402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9DBBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A7BFFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D7B6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.6 Violet · ΔE 25.3 Orchid · ΔE 27 Medium purple · ΔE 27.5 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.3 Thistle · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CDFDAB

Analogous#B2ABFD, #FDABF6

Triadic#FDDBAB, #ABFDDB

Split complementary#F6FDAB, #ABFDB2

Tetradic#FDB2AB, #CDFDAB, #ABF6FD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F0DDFE

Darker −10%#C679FC

Darker −20%#B047FB

Darker −30%#9B16F9

Darker −40%#8005D7

More saturated +25%#DBA9FF

Less saturated −25%#D9B6F2

Channel breakdown

R219

G171

B253

Red219 (85.9%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue275.12°

Saturation (HSL)95.35%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DB · G AB · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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