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Recognised as Colour

#DBD6E6

  • #DBD6E6
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DBD6E6 is a violet with RGB values 219, 214, 230 and HSL 259°, 24%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DBD6E6#DBD6E6
HEX#DBD6E6
RGBrgb(219, 214, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.8588, 0.8392, 0.902
RGB percentages85.9%, 83.9%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(258.7, 24.2%, 87.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(258.7, 7%, 90.2%)
CMYK4.8%, 7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,407,398
CSS custom property--colour: #DBD6E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.77:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#242919

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D8E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D8E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D9D8DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6Gainsboro · ΔE 8.7Light grey · ΔE 8.8Thistle · ΔE 10.9Lavender blush · ΔE 11.8Silver · ΔE 12.3
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)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#E1E6D6
Analogous#D6D9E6, #E3D6E6
Triadic#E6DBD6, #D6E6DB
Split complementary#E6E3D6, #D9E6D6
Tetradic#E6D6D9, #E1E6D6, #D6E6E3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F6F9
Darker −10%#BFB6D3
Darker −20%#A397BF
Darker −30%#8877AC
Darker −40%#6D5B95
More saturated +25%#D8CEEE
Less saturated −25%#DEDEDE

Channel breakdown

R219
G214
B230
Red219 (85.9%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue258.75°
Saturation (HSL)24.24%
Lightness87.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DB · G D6 · B E6

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