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Recognised as Colour

#DBD2EE

  • #DBD2EE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DBD2EE is a violet with RGB values 219, 210, 238 and HSL 259°, 45%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DBD2EE#DBD2EE
HEX#DBD2EE
RGBrgb(219, 210, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8235, 0.9333
RGB percentages85.9%, 82.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(259.3, 45.2%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(259.3, 11.8%, 93.3%)
CMYK8%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,406,382
CSS custom property--colour: #DBD2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#242D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D8D6DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 8.2Lavender · ΔE 8.2Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3Light grey · ΔE 15.1Gainsboro · ΔE 15.2Lavender blush · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5EED2
Analogous#D2D7EE, #E9D2EE
Triadic#EEDBD2, #D2EEDB
Split complementary#EEE9D2, #D7EED2
Tetradic#EED2D7, #E5EED2, #D2EEE9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F7FC
Darker −10%#BDADE0
Darker −20%#A088D2
Darker −30%#8263C4
Darker −40%#6643B1
More saturated +25%#D8CAF6
Less saturated −25%#DEDAE6

Channel breakdown

R219
G210
B238
Red219 (85.9%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue259.29°
Saturation (HSL)45.16%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G D2 · B EE

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