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Recognised as Colour

#DBC9E2

  • #DBC9E2
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBC9E2 is a violet with RGB values 219, 201, 226 and HSL 283°, 30%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DBC9E2#DBC9E2
HEX#DBC9E2
RGBrgb(219, 201, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7882, 0.8863
RGB percentages85.9%, 78.8%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(283.2, 30.1%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283.2, 11.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK3.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,404,066
CSS custom property--colour: #DBC9E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.46:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#24361D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CEE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACFE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#DBCBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 4Lavender · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Light grey · ΔE 14.8Gainsboro · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 3.98, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D0E2C9
Analogous#CEC9E2, #E2C9DC
Triadic#E2DBC9, #C9E2DB
Split complementary#DCE2C9, #C9E2CE
Tetradic#E2CEC9, #D0E2C9, #C9DCE2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F1EAF4
Darker −10%#C5A8D0
Darker −20%#AF87BE
Darker −30%#9965AD
Darker −40%#7E4E91
More saturated +25%#E0BFEC
Less saturated −25%#D6D3D8

Channel breakdown

R219
G201
B226
Red219 (85.9%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue283.2°
Saturation (HSL)30.12%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G C9 · B E2

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