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Recognised as Colour

#DBCBEB

  • #DBCBEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBCBEB is a violet with RGB values 219, 203, 235 and HSL 270°, 44%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DBCBEB#DBCBEB
HEX#DBCBEB
RGBrgb(219, 203, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.7961, 0.9216
RGB percentages85.9%, 79.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(270, 44.4%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 13.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK6.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,404,587
CSS custom property--colour: #DBCBEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#243414

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6D0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D9CFD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 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 text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.2Lavender · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.9Light grey · ΔE 17.9Gainsboro · ΔE 18.3Lavender blush · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBEBCB
Analogous#CBCBEB, #EBCBEB
Triadic#EBDBCB, #CBEBDB
Split complementary#EBEBCB, #CBEBCB
Tetradic#EBCBCB, #DBEBCB, #CBEBEB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F0F9
Darker −10%#C2A6DD
Darker −20%#A881CF
Darker −30%#8E5CC1
Darker −40%#7541A9
More saturated +25%#DBC2F4
Less saturated −25%#DBD4E2

Channel breakdown

R219
G203
B235
Red219 (85.9%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)44.44%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G CB · B EB

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