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Recognised as Colour

#DBBEED

  • #DBBEED
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBBEED is a violet with RGB values 219, 190, 237 and HSL 277°, 57%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DBBEED#DBBEED
HEX#DBBEED
RGBrgb(219, 190, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7451, 0.9294
RGB percentages85.9%, 74.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(277, 56.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277, 19.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK7.6%, 19.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,401,261
CSS custom property--colour: #DBBEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#244112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C7EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC9EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#DAC3CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 11.7Plum · ΔE 15.8Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Lavender · ΔE 21.1Pink · ΔE 23.6Light pink · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0EDBE
Analogous#C4BEED, #EDBEE8
Triadic#EDDBBE, #BEEDDB
Split complementary#E8EDBE, #BEEDC4
Tetradic#EDC4BE, #D0EDBE, #BEE8ED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1E6F8
Darker −10%#C596E2
Darker −20%#AF6ED7
Darker −30%#9946CC
Darker −40%#7E30AF
More saturated +25%#DDB4F7
Less saturated −25%#D9C8E3

Channel breakdown

R219
G190
B237
Red219 (85.9%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue277.02°
Saturation (HSL)56.63%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G BE · B ED

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