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Colour

#DCB8FF

  • #DCB8FF
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Plum

#DCB8FF is a violet with RGB values 220, 184, 255 and HSL 270°, 100%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DCB8FF#DCB8FF
HEX#DCB8FF
RGBrgb(220, 184, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7216, 1
RGB percentages86.3%, 72.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(270.4, 100%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 27.8%, 100%)
CMYK13.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,465,279
CSS custom property--colour: #DCB8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#234700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2C7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D7C2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.5Thistle · ΔE 24.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.1Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1Lavender · ΔE 32.5Violet · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBFFB8
Analogous#B8B8FF, #FFB8FF
Triadic#FFDCB8, #B8FFDC
Split complementary#FEFFB8, #B8FFB9
Tetradic#FFB9B8, #DBFFB8, #B8FFFF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F5EBFF
Darker −10%#C385FF
Darker −20%#AA52FF
Darker −30%#911FFF
Darker −40%#7700EB
More saturated +25%#DCB8FF
Less saturated −25%#DCC1F6

Channel breakdown

R220
G184
B255
Red220 (86.3%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue270.42°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G B8 · B FF

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