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Recognised as Colour

#DBCCEA

  • #DBCCEA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBCCEA is a violet with RGB values 219, 204, 234 and HSL 270°, 42%, 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

#DBCCEA#DBCCEA
HEX#DBCCEA
RGBrgb(219, 204, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8, 0.9176
RGB percentages85.9%, 80%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(270, 41.7%, 85.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 12.8%, 91.8%)
CMYK6.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,404,842
CSS custom property--colour: #DBCCEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#243315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D1EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD2E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D9D0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6Lavender · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 13.4Light grey · ΔE 16.8Gainsboro · ΔE 17.1Lavender blush · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 5.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBEACC
Analogous#CCCCEA, #EACCEA
Triadic#EADBCC, #CCEADB
Split complementary#EAEACC, #CCEACC
Tetradic#EACCCC, #DBEACC, #CCEAEA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5F0F9
Darker −10%#C2A8DB
Darker −20%#A884CC
Darker −30%#8F60BD
Darker −40%#7544A6
More saturated +25%#DBC3F3
Less saturated −25%#DBD5E1

Channel breakdown

R219
G204
B234
Red219 (85.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)41.67%
Lightness85.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G CC · B EA

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