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Colour

#DCD8E8

  • #DCD8E8
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#DCD8E8 is a violet with RGB values 220, 216, 232 and HSL 255°, 26%, 88%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#DCD8E8#DCD8E8
HEX#DCD8E8
RGBrgb(220, 216, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8471, 0.9098
RGB percentages86.3%, 84.7%, 91%
HSLhsl(255, 25.8%, 87.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(255, 6.9%, 91%)
CMYK5.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,473,448
CSS custom property--colour: #DCD8E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#232717

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DAE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DAE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DADADDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 5.3Gainsboro · ΔE 8.5Light grey · ΔE 8.9Lavender blush · ΔE 11.4Thistle · ΔE 11.5Ghost white · ΔE 11.8
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 5.32, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4E8D8
Analogous#D8DCE8, #E4D8E8
Triadic#E8DCD8, #D8E8DC
Split complementary#E8E4D8, #DCE8D8
Tetradic#E8D8DC, #E4E8D8, #D8E8E4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F8FB
Darker −10%#BFB8D5
Darker −20%#A298C2
Darker −30%#8678AF
Darker −40%#6A5B99
More saturated +25%#D8D0F0
Less saturated −25%#E0E0E0

Channel breakdown

R220
G216
B232
Red220 (86.3%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue255°
Saturation (HSL)25.81%
Lightness87.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR DC · G D8 · B E8

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