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Recognised as Colour

#DCC4E9

  • #DCC4E9
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#DCC4E9 is a violet with RGB values 220, 196, 233 and HSL 279°, 46%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DCC4E9#DCC4E9
HEX#DCC4E9
RGBrgb(220, 196, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7686, 0.9137
RGB percentages86.3%, 76.9%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(278.9, 45.7%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(278.9, 15.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK5.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,468,329
CSS custom property--colour: #DCC4E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#233B16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFCBEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CDE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#DBC8D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 6.6Lavender · ΔE 15.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.8Plum · ΔE 20.7Pink · ΔE 20.7Light grey · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D1E9C4
Analogous#CAC4E9, #E9C4E3
Triadic#E9DCC4, #C4E9DC
Split complementary#E3E9C4, #C4E9CA
Tetradic#E9CAC4, #D1E9C4, #C4E3E9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F2E9F7
Darker −10%#C69FDB
Darker −20%#B07ACD
Darker −30%#9A55BF
Darker −40%#803DA4
More saturated +25%#DFBAF3
Less saturated −25%#D9CEDF

Channel breakdown

R220
G196
B233
Red220 (86.3%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue278.92°
Saturation (HSL)45.68%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G C4 · B E9

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