Recognised as Colour

#DCAEF3

#DCAEF3
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DCAEF3 is a violet with RGB values 220, 174, 243 and HSL 280°, 74%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DCAEF3#DCAEF3

HEX#DCAEF3

RGBrgb(220, 174, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.6824, 0.9529

RGB percentages86.3%, 68.2%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(280, 74.2%, 81.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(280, 28.4%, 95.3%)

CMYK9.5%, 28.4%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,462,707

CSS custom property--colour: #DCAEF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.39:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#23510C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4BCF6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEC0F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Tritanopia#DBB6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 8 Thistle · ΔE 24.6 Violet · ΔE 29.8 Orchid · ΔE 30.7 Pink · ΔE 32.3 Medium purple · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C5F3AE

Analogous#BAAEF3, #F3AEE7

Triadic#F3DCAE, #AEF3DC

Split complementary#E7F3AE, #AEF3BA

Tetradic#F3BAAE, #C5F3AE, #AEE8F3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EFDAFA

Darker −10%#C982EC

Darker −20%#B655E6

Darker −30%#A229DF

Darker −40%#851BBA

More saturated +25%#E0A2FF

Less saturated −25%#D8BAE7

Channel breakdown

R220

G174

B243

Red220 (86.3%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue280°

Saturation (HSL)74.19%

Lightness81.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G AE · B F3

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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