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Recognised as Colour

#DBD3EB

  • #DBD3EB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DBD3EB is a violet with RGB values 219, 211, 235 and HSL 260°, 38%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBD3EB#DBD3EB
HEX#DBD3EB
RGBrgb(219, 211, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8275, 0.9216
RGB percentages85.9%, 82.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(260, 37.5%, 87.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260, 10.2%, 92.2%)
CMYK6.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,406,635
CSS custom property--colour: #DBD3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.53:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#242C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D6EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#D9D6DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 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 text14.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 7Thistle · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Light grey · ΔE 13Gainsboro · ΔE 13.1Lavender blush · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 7.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3EBD3
Analogous#D3D7EB, #E7D3EB
Triadic#EBDBD3, #D3EBDB
Split complementary#EBE7D3, #D7EBD3
Tetradic#EBD3D7, #E3EBD3, #D3EBE7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F6FB
Darker −10%#BEB0DB
Darker −20%#A28DCB
Darker −30%#856ABB
Darker −40%#6A4CA6
More saturated +25%#D8CBF3
Less saturated −25%#DEDBE3

Channel breakdown

R219
G211
B235
Red219 (85.9%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue260°
Saturation (HSL)37.5%
Lightness87.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G D3 · B EB

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