Recognised as Colour

#DCCCF0

#DCCCF0
Violet
Light
Nearest: Thistle

#DCCCF0 is a violet with RGB values 220, 204, 240 and HSL 267°, 55%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#DCCCF0#DCCCF0

HEX#DCCCF0

RGBrgb(220, 204, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8, 0.9412

RGB percentages86.3%, 80%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(266.7, 54.5%, 87.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.7, 15%, 94.1%)

CMYK8.3%, 15%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,470,384

CSS custom property--colour: #DCCCF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#23330F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6D2F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9D2EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D9D1D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.8 Lavender · ΔE 12.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7 Light grey · ΔE 19.9 Lavender blush · ΔE 20.1 Gainsboro · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E0F0CC

Analogous#CCCEF0, #EECCF0

Triadic#F0DCCC, #CCF0DC

Split complementary#F0EECC, #CEF0CC

Tetradic#F0CCCE, #E0F0CC, #CCF0EE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F3FC

Darker −10%#C1A5E4

Darker −20%#A67DD9

Darker −30%#8B56CD

Darker −40%#7137B9

More saturated +25%#DBC4F8

Less saturated −25%#DDD4E8

Channel breakdown

R220

G204

B240

Red220 (86.3%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue266.67°

Saturation (HSL)54.55%

Lightness87.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DC · G CC · B F0

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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