Colour

#DDAAEE

#DDAAEE
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DDAAEE is a violet with RGB values 221, 170, 238 and HSL 285°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DDAAEE#DDAAEE

HEX#DDAAEE

HEX (short)#DAE

RGBrgb(221, 170, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6667, 0.9333

RGB percentages86.7%, 66.7%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(285, 66.7%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285, 28.6%, 93.3%)

CMYK7.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,527,214

CSS custom property--colour: #DDAAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50295WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#225511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1B9F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADBEECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#DDB2C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 6 Thistle · ΔE 24.9 Violet · ΔE 28.6 Orchid · ΔE 29.3 Pink · ΔE 31.7 Medium purple · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 6.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBEEAA

Analogous#BBAAEE, #EEAADD

Triadic#EEDDAA, #AAEEDD

Split complementary#DDEEAA, #AAEEBB

Tetradic#EEBBAA, #BBEEAA, #AADDEE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#EED5F7

Darker −10%#CC7FE6

Darker −20%#BB55DD

Darker −30%#AA2AD5

Darker −40%#8822AA

More saturated +25%#E39DFB

Less saturated −25%#D7B7E1

Channel breakdown

R221

G170

B238

Red221 (86.7%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue285°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G AA · B EE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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