Colour

#DDAFFE

#DDAFFE
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#DDAFFE is a violet with RGB values 221, 175, 254 and HSL 275°, 98%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DDAFFE#DDAFFE

HEX#DDAFFE

RGBrgb(221, 175, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.8667, 0.6863, 0.9961

RGB percentages86.7%, 68.6%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(274.9, 97.5%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(274.9, 31.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK13%, 31.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,528,510

CSS custom property--colour: #DDAFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#225001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1BFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC2FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Tritanopia#DABACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 11.9 Violet · ΔE 27.1 Orchid · ΔE 28.8 Medium purple · ΔE 29.4 Thistle · ΔE 29.6 Cornflower blue · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D0FEAF

Analogous#B6AFFE, #FEAFF7

Triadic#FEDDAF, #AFFEDD

Split complementary#F8FEAF, #AFFEB6

Tetradic#FEB6AF, #D0FEAF, #AFF8FE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F2E1FF

Darker −10%#C87DFD

Darker −20%#B24AFD

Darker −30%#9D18FC

Darker −40%#8303DE

More saturated +25%#DDAEFF

Less saturated −25%#DBB9F4

Channel breakdown

R221

G175

B254

Red221 (86.7%)

Green175 (68.6%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue274.94°

Saturation (HSL)97.53%

Lightness84.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR DD · G AF · B FE

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Colour values

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Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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