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Recognised as Colour

#DBCAEE

  • #DBCAEE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBCAEE is a violet with RGB values 219, 202, 238 and HSL 268°, 51%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DBCAEE#DBCAEE
HEX#DBCAEE
RGBrgb(219, 202, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7922, 0.9333
RGB percentages85.9%, 79.2%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(268.3, 51.4%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(268.3, 15.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK8%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,404,334
CSS custom property--colour: #DBCAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#243511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D0F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D9CED6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.3Lavender · ΔE 13.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Light grey · ΔE 20Gainsboro · ΔE 20.4Lavender blush · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDEECA
Analogous#CACBEE, #EDCAEE
Triadic#EEDBCA, #CAEEDB
Split complementary#EEEDCA, #CBEECA
Tetradic#EECACB, #DDEECA, #CAEEED

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F1FA
Darker −10%#C1A3E2
Darker −20%#A77DD5
Darker −30%#8C56C9
Darker −40%#7339B3
More saturated +25%#DBC1F7
Less saturated −25%#DBD3E5

Channel breakdown

R219
G202
B238
Red219 (85.9%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue268.33°
Saturation (HSL)51.43%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G CA · B EE

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