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Recognised as Colour

#DCD6EE

  • #DCD6EE
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCD6EE is a violet with RGB values 220, 214, 238 and HSL 255°, 41%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCD6EE#DCD6EE
HEX#DCD6EE
RGBrgb(220, 214, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8392, 0.9333
RGB percentages86.3%, 83.9%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(255, 41.4%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 10.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK7.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,472,942
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#232911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#D9D9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 6Thistle · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 12.1Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8Light grey · ΔE 13Lavender blush · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8EED6
Analogous#D6DCEE, #E8D6EE
Triadic#EEDCD6, #D6EEDC
Split complementary#EEE8D6, #DCEED6
Tetradic#EED6DC, #E8EED6, #D6EEE8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FBFAFD
Darker −10%#BDB2DF
Darker −20%#9E8ED0
Darker −30%#806AC1
Darker −40%#6249AF
More saturated +25%#D8CFF5
Less saturated −25%#E0DDE7

Channel breakdown

R220
G214
B238
Red220 (86.3%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)41.38%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D6 · B EE

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