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Recognised as Colour

#DBD5DD

  • #DBD5DD
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#DBD5DD is a violet with RGB values 219, 213, 221 and HSL 285°, 11%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#DBD5DD#DBD5DD
HEX#DBD5DD
RGBrgb(219, 213, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8353, 0.8667
RGB percentages85.9%, 83.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(285, 10.5%, 85.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285, 3.6%, 86.7%)
CMYK0.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,407,133
CSS custom property--colour: #DBD5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#242A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D7DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Tritanopia#DBD6D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 4.9Gainsboro · ΔE 5.1Lavender · ΔE 8.7Silver · ΔE 9.5Lavender blush · ΔE 10.7White smoke · ΔE 11.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 4.94, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7DDD5
Analogous#D7D5DD, #DDD5DB
Triadic#DDDBD5, #D5DDDB
Split complementary#DBDDD5, #D5DDD7
Tetradic#DDD7D5, #D7DDD5, #D5DBDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F3F1F4
Darker −10%#C3B9C6
Darker −20%#AB9DAF
Darker −30%#938099
Darker −40%#79677F
More saturated +25%#E0CCE7
Less saturated −25%#D9D9D9

Channel breakdown

R219
G213
B221
Red219 (85.9%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue285°
Saturation (HSL)10.53%
Lightness85.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G D5 · B DD

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